KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Kings 23:31–32
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2 Kings 23:31
31¶ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
31¶ Iehoahaz was twenty and three yeeres olde when he beganne to reigne, and hee reigned three moneths in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Hamital, the daughter of Ieremiah, of Libnah.
2 Kings 23:32
32And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
32And hee did that which was euill in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Kings 23:31
The number following two and preceding four.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Periods of twelve months.
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Advanced in age; having existed a long time; former or belonging to an earlier time.
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To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
To rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority; also the period or exercise of such rule.
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To reign: to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority.
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A female parent; figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
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2 Kings 23:32
The act or power of seeing; something seen; a view, appearance, or presence, according to context.
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LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
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From verse 31
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Open the full verse study15And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
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Open the full verse study18Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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Open the full verse study11For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
From verse 32
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Open the full verse study2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
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Open the full verse study21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
22And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
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