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1 Kings 15:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Kings 15:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. 3 He committed all the sins that his father did before him; his heart was not true to the Lord his God, like the heart of his father David.(A) 4 Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem,(B)
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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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