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Lexicon :: Strong's H1 - 'āḇ

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אָב
Transliteration
'āḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A root
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TWOT Reference: 4a

Strong’s Definitions

אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x

The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x
The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

  1. father of an individual

  2. of God as father of his people

  3. head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

  4. ancestor

    1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

    2. of people

  5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

  6. of producer, generator (fig.)

  7. of benevolence and protection (fig.)

  8. term of respect and honour

  9. ruler or chief (spec.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
STRONGS H1: Abbreviations
אָב 1191 noun masculine father (Phoenician אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic أَبً, Sabean אב CISiv, 1, 37 1. 2 and others, Ethiopic አብ፡ Aramaic אַבָּא, axBAf  — absolute אָב Genesis 44:19 + 47 times; construct אַב Genesis 17:4, 5; (compare in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed אֲבִר see אברהם); אֲבִי (compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Genesis 4:20 +; suffix אָבִי Genesis 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Genesis 12:1 +; אָבִיו Genesis 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Judges 14:10 + 6 times; plural אָבוֺת Exodus 12:3 +; construct אֲבוֺת Exodus 6:25 + 7 times; suffix אֲבוֺתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֺתָ֑י) Genesis 47:9 + 15 times; אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:38 + 32 times (late); אֲבוֺתָם Exodus 4:5 + 106 times etc.;
1. father of individual Genesis 2:24 (+ אֵם) Genesis 11:28, 29 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:31, 32, 33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding Genesis 50:16 (J) Jeremiah 35:6f, Proverbs 6:20 (compare Genesis 18:19; J Genesis 28:1, 6 P 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 2:1); instructing מוסר Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 4:1 (compare Deuteronomy 8:5); specifically as begetter, genitor Proverbs 23:22; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse) (+ אֵם) Isaiah 45:10; compare Genesis 49:4 (J) Leviticus 18:7, 8, 11 (P); rebuking Genesis 37:10; loving Genesis 37:4; Genesis 44:20 (JE; compare Genesis 22:2; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 14:1); pitying Psalm 103:13 (in simile compare 2 Samuel 18:5); blessing Genesis 27:41 (JE compare Genesis 27:4; also Genesis 28:1 P +); as glad Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; compare Proverbs 29:3; grieving Genesis 37:35 (JE; compare 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love Exodus 20:12 (E)=Deuteronomy 5:16; Exodus 21:15, 17 (E) Deuteronomy 21:18, 19; Genesis 28:7 (P) 1 Kings 19:20 (all + אֵם), Genesis 50:1; Genesis 50:5 (J) Malachi 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (|| אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).
2. of God as father of his people (see RSSem 42), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Deuteronomy 32:6; Jeremiah 3:4, 19; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 64:7; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 2:10 (compare Exodus 4:22; Exodus 19:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:11; Hosea 11:1); compare Jeremiah 2:27 (of idolatrous Israel) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 89:27; f. of needy (late) Psalm 68:6 (compare Psalm 103:13) (in proper name, father of individual, compare below)
3. head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Genesis 38:11 (twice in verse); Leviticus 22:13 +; = family Genesis 24:40 (|| מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי) Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:31 — Numbers 18:1, 2; Joshua 2:12, 18; Joshua 6:25; especially techn. of divisions of Israel לְמִשְׁפָּחוֹת אָב בֵּית Numbers 3:30, 35 = a father's house, i.e. a family or clan; more often plural (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֺת = father's houses = families, clans (compare Di on Exodus 6:14) Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3; Numbers 1:2, 18 ff (often in Numbers) Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse) (always P in Hexateuch); also 1 Chronicles 5:13, 15 + often in Chronicles; compare רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= 'בית א 'ר) Exodus 6:25 compare 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 7:11 — Ezra Nehemiah.
4. ancestor
(a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Genesis 28:13; Genesis 31:10 [Genesis 32:9] (J; where used by Jacob of Abraham & then of Isaac); greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:13; great-greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:11 etc.; oft plural (= fathers, forefathers) Genesis 15:15; Genesis 46:34 (JE) 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Kings 21:3, 4; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Kings 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 22:40 +; joined with ויקבר עם אב׳ 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Kings 15:38 compare 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intensive, אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֺת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Exodus 10:6 compare Daniel 11:24;
(b) of people Genesis 10:21 (J) Genesis 17:4, 5 (P) Genesis 19:37, 38 (J) Genesis 36:9, 43 (P) Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, see Che) compare also Ezekiel 16:3, 45 + often; plural Exodus 3:13, 15, 16 (E) Deuteronomy 1:8; Joshua 1:6; Judges 2:1; 1 Samuel 12:6 +; 1 Samuel 12:15 near the end read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Genesis 4:20, 21.
6. figurative of producer, Generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (|| הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ מִי־).
7. figurative of benevolence & protection Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare Job 31:18; of Eliakim Isaiah 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Messianic king אֲבִי עַד Isaiah 9:5 [Isaiah 9:6] everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue BrMP).
8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); applied to master 2 Kings 5:13; priest Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19; prophet 2 Kings 2:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 13:14 (twice in verse); compare 2 Kings 8:9; counsellor Genesis 45:8 (E; compare δευτέρου πατρός Greek Version of the LXX add. Esther 3:13; τῷ πατρί1Mac Esth 11:32); king 1 Samuel 24:12; artificer 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 4:16.
9. specifically, ruler, chief (late) 1 Chronicles 2:24, 42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew§ 273 b) see also EwGeschichte. i. 524. H i. 365. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see CheEncy. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITH Nöib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 2:24; 4:20; 4:20; 4:21; 10:21; 11:28; 11:29; 12:1; 15:15; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:5; 18:19; 19:31; 19:32; 19:33; 19:34; 19:37; 19:38; 22:2; 24:40; 25:28; 27:4; 27:41; 28:1; 28:1; 28:6; 28:7; 28:13; 32:9; 36:9; 36:43; 37:3; 37:4; 37:10; 37:35; 38:11; 41:51; 44:19; 44:20; 45:8; 46:31; 46:34; 47:9; 49:4; 50:1; 50:5; 50:16

Exodus

3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 4:5; 4:22; 6:14; 6:14; 6:25; 6:25; 10:6; 12:3; 12:3; 19:4; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17

Leviticus

18:7; 18:8; 18:11; 22:13

Numbers

1:2; 1:18; 3:30; 3:35; 18:1; 18:2

Deuteronomy

1:8; 5:16; 8:5; 21:18; 21:19; 26:5; 32:6; 32:11

Joshua

1:6; 2:12; 2:18; 6:25; 14:1; 19:51; 21:1; 22:14

Judges

2:1; 14:10; 17:10; 18:19

1 Samuel

12:6; 12:15; 17:20; 24:12

2 Samuel

7:14; 12:22; 14:1; 18:5; 19:1; 19:2

1 Kings

1:21; 2:1; 2:10; 8:1; 11:21; 14:31; 15:11; 15:13; 15:24; 19:4; 19:20; 21:3; 21:4; 22:40; 22:51

2 Kings

2:12; 5:13; 6:21; 8:9; 8:24; 13:14; 15:7; 15:38; 16:20; 19:12; 20:17

1 Chronicles

2:24; 2:42; 4:38; 5:13; 5:15; 6:4; 7:11

2 Chronicles

2:12; 4:16

Esther

3:13

Job

17:14; 29:6; 31:18; 38:28

Psalms

68:6; 89:27; 103:13; 103:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:1; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 23:22; 29:3

Isaiah

9:6; 22:21; 43:27; 45:10; 51:2; 63:16; 64:7

Jeremiah

2:27; 3:4; 3:19; 31:9; 35:6

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:45

Daniel

11:24

Hosea

11:1

Zechariah

13:3

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 2:10

H1

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Strong's Number H1 matches the Hebrew אָב ('āḇ),
which occurs 70 times in 59 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ki 2:12–2Ki 21:22)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!" Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - Elisha said to the king of Israel, "Why are you here? Go to your father's prophets or your mother's prophets!" The king of Israel replied to him, "No, for the LORD is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18 - The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - His servants approached and said to him, "O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said, "Wash and you will be healed."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:21 - When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, "Should I strike them down, my master?"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - Joram passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Jehu ordered his officer Bidkar, "Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the LORD pronounced this judgment on him,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:28 - His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - pick the best and most capable of your master's sons, place him on his father's throne, and defend your master's dynasty."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - Jehu passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18 - King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the LORD's temple and the royal palace. He sent it all to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:21 - His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - Joash passed away and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:14 - Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25 - Jehoahaz's son Jehoash took back from Ben Hadad son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Joash defeated him three times and recovered the Israelite cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3 - He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:5 - When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:6 - But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the LORD's commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, "Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20 - His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:21 - All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah's place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:29 - Jeroboam passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:3 - He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:7 - Azariah passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:9 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:22 - Menahem passed away and his son Pekahiah replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:34 - He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:38 - Jotham passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:20 - Ahaz passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - The LORD solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, "Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD's command.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:41 - These nations are worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:3 - He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed - the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar - rescued by their gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: 'This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go up to the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17 - 'Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:21 - Hezekiah passed away and his son Manasseh replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:8 - I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law my servant Moses ordered them to obey."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15 - because they have done evil in my sight and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:20 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Manasseh had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:21 - He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:22 - He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not follow the LORD's instructions.

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