2 Kings 16:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.”
2 Kings 16:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 16:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 16:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh his God’s eyes, like David his father.”
2 Kings 16:2 — World English Bible
2 Kings 16:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father. ”
2 Kings 16:2 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 16:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A son of twenty years <FI>is<Fi> Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,”
2 Kings 16:2 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 16:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah hisGod, like David his father, ”
2 Kings 16:2 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 16:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Twentie yeere olde was Ahaz, when hee began to reigne, and he reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and did not vprightly in the sight of the Lord his God, like Dauid his father:”
2 Kings 16:2 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 16:2 in Context — 2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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What Does 2 Kings 16:2 Mean?
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