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1 Kings 15:2-4
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1 Kings 15:2-4
English Standard Version
2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and (A)his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake the Lord his God gave him (B)a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem,
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1 Kings 15:2-4
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1 Kings 15:2-4
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2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah(A) daughter of Abishalom.[a]
3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted(B) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. 4 Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp(C) in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 15:2 A variant of Absalom; also in verse 10
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