1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in all the sinnes of his father, which hee had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of Dauid his father.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
- Basic English Bible

And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
- Darby Bible

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: end his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
- English Revised Version

He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Kings 15:3

15:1 Abijam reigned - So his reign began with Jeroboam's eighteenthyear, continued his whole nineteenth year, and ended within his twentiethyear, in which also Asa's reign began. And thus one and the same yearmay be attributed to two several persons.

15:2 Three years - That is, part of three years. Abishalom - Or,of Absalom, as he is called #2Chron 11:21|. And because he is herementioned as a known person, without any addition of his kindred orquality, some conceive that this was Absalom's daughter, called properlyTamar, #2Sam 14:27|, and from her royal grandmother, #2Sam 3:3|,Maacah.

15:4 A lamp - A son and successor to perpetuate his name and memory,which otherwise had gone into obscurity. Jerusalem - That he mightmaintain that city, and temple, and worship, as a witness for God, in theworld, against the Israelites and heathen world.

15:5 Save only - This and the like phrases are not to be understood asexclusive of every sinful action, hut only of an habitual and continuedapostasy from God, as the very phrase of turning aside from God, or fromhis commands, doth constantly imply. And thus it is most true.For David's other sins were either sudden and transient acts, soonrepented of and blotted out, as in the cases of Nabal and Achish;or, mistakes of his judgment, which was not fully convinced of thesinfulness of such actions: whereas that which concerned Uriah's wifewas a designed and studied sin, long continued in, defended with asuccession of other sins, presumptuous, and scandalous to his government,and to the true religion.