and he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
- BSB He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
- NKJV He forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
- NASB So he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
- NLT He abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and he refused to follow the Lord’s ways.
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Quick answer
Amon abandons the LORD, the God of his fathers, and does not walk in His way. He forsakes the covenant God entirely.
Overview
The summary of Amon's reign is that he deserted Yahweh, the covenant God of his ancestors, refusing to walk in His ways. His apostasy is total and deliberate. Forsaking the LORD leads to ruin, and the verse underscores by contrast the faithfulness of God, who in Christ never forsakes those who are His.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 1 Kgs 11:33because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.
- 2 Kgs 22:17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’”
- 1 Chr 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
- Jer 2:13“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
- Deut 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
- Jonah 2:8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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