2 Kings 21 · Verse 22

2 Kings 21:22

And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
2 Kings 21:22, King James Version

2 Kings 21:22 in other translations

BSBHe abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
WEBand he abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of the LORD.
ASVand he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.
YLTand forsaketh Jehovah, God of his fathers, and hath not walked in the way of Jehovah.
DARBYand he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.
BBETurning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.
WebsterAnd he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.

What does 2 Kings 21:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 21:19-24

19-24. Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign--This prince continued the idolatrous policy of his father; and, after an inglorious reign of two years, he was massacred by some of his own domestics. The people slew the regicide conspirators and placed his son Josiah on the throne.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 21:19-26

Amon profaned God's house with his idols; and God suffered his house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever they were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. Now was a happy change from one of the worst, to one of the best of the kings of Judah. Once more Judah was tried with a reformation. Whether the Lord bears long with presumptuous offenders, or speedily cuts them off in their…

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2 Kings 21:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּעֲזֹ֕בvai.ya.'a.Zoand he forsookH5800
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
אֲבֹתָ֑יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
הָלַ֖ךְha.Lakhhe walkedH1980
בְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhin [the] way ofH1870
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 21:22

  • 1 Kings 11:33

    Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

  • 2 Kings 22:17

    Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  • Jeremiah 2:13

    For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  • Jonah 2:8

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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22:17; De 32:15; 1Ki 11:33; 1Ch 28:9; Jer 2:13; Jon 2:8

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Context

  • 2 Kings 21:21

    And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

  • 2 Kings 21:22

    And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 21:23

    And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

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2 Kings 21:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dejó á Jehová el Dios de sus padres, y no anduvo en el camino de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il abandonna l’ Éternel, le Dieu de ses pères, et ne marcha pas dans la voie de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und er verließ Jehova, den Gott seiner Väter, und wandelte nicht auf dem Wege Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et dereliquit Dominum Deum patrum suorum, et non ambulavit in via Domini.