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2 Chronicles 21:13

but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.

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ASV

but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, like as the house of Ahab did, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, who were better than thyself:

KJV

But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֵּ֗לֶךְva.Te.lekhand you have walkedH1980 →
בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙be.De.rekhin [the] way ofH1870 →
מַלְכֵ֣יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וַתַּזְנֶ֤הva.taz.Nehand you have made prostitute [themselves]H2181 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
כְּהַזְנ֖וֹתke.haz.Notas made [them] prostitute [themselves]H2181 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
אַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvAhabH256 →
וְגַ֨םve.Gamand alsoH1571 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אַחֶ֧יךָ'a.Chei.khabrothers yourH251 →
בֵית־veit-[the] house ofH1004 →
אָבִ֛יךָ'a.Vi.khafather yourH1 →
הַטּוֹבִ֥יםha.to.Vim<the> goodH2896 →
מִמְּךָ֖mi.me.Khamore than youH4480 →
הָרָֽגְתָּ׃ha.Ra.ge.tayou killedH2026 →

The walk

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2 Chronicles 21:4When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.2 Chronicles 21:11Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.1 Kings 2:32The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.2 Chronicles 21:6And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.1 Kings 16:30–33However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.2 Kings 17:19and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.1 Kings 2:31–33And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.1 Kings 16:25But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.2 Kings 9:22When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”Genesis 4:10–12“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.Judges 9:56–57In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!Jeremiah 3:8–9She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.Exodus 34:15Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.Deuteronomy 31:16And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.Genesis 42:21–22Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

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