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1 Kings 15:3

And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

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ASV

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

KJV

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֕לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he walkedH1980 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
חַטֹּ֥אותcha.Tot[the] sins ofH2403 →
אָבִ֖יו'a.Vivfather hisH1 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
עָשָׂ֣ה'a.Sahhe had doneH6213 →
לְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
הָיָ֨הha.Yahit wasH1961 →
לְבָב֤וֹle.va.Voheart hisH3824 →
שָׁלֵם֙sha.LemcompleteH8003 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavGod hisH430 →
כִּלְבַ֖בkil.Vavlike [the] heart ofH3824 →
דָּוִ֥דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אָבִֽיו׃'a.Vivancestor hisH1 →

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1 Kings 11:4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.Acts 13:22After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’1 Kings 15:14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.1 Kings 8:61So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”Psalms 119:80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.Revelation 3:2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.1 Kings 3:14So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”1 Kings 14:21–22Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.1 Kings 11:33For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.2 Chronicles 31:20–21So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.2 Kings 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.1 Kings 15:12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.2 Kings 13:6Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.2 Kings 14:3And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.2 Kings 16:2Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.1 Kings 3:3And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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