2 Kings 17:2
“And hee did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.”
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2 Kings 17:2 Context
1In the twelfth yeere of Ahaz, king of Iudah, began Hoshea the sonne of Elah to reigne in Samaria, ouer Israel nine yeeres. 2And hee did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3¶ Against him came vp Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his seruant, and gaue him presents. 4An the king of Assyria found conspiracie in Hoshea: for hee had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done yeere by yeere: therefore the king of Assyria shut him vp, and bound him in prison.
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And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
- King James Version
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)