2 Kings 13:2

13:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord. He continued in ²  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins. ³ 

2 Kings 13:6

13:6 But they did not repudiate ⁴  the sinful ways of the family ⁵  of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins. ⁶  There was even an Asherah pole ⁷  standing in Samaria.

¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

² tn Heb “walked after.”

³ tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”

⁴ tn Heb “they did not turn away from.”

⁵ tn Heb “house.”

⁶ tc Heb “in it he walked.” The singular verb (הָלַךְ, halakh) is probably due to an error of haplography and should be emended to the plural (הָלְכּוּ, halÿku). Note that a vav immediately follows (on the form וְגַם, vÿgam).

⁷ tn Or “an image of Asherah”; ASV, NASB “the Asherah”; NCV “the Asherah idol.”