2 Kings 15:9

15:9 He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate ²  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 15:18

15:18 He did evil in the sight of ³  the Lord; he did not repudiate ⁴  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. ⁵ 

During his reign,

2 Kings 13:2

13:2 He did evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord. He continued in ⁷  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins. ⁸ 

2 Kings 13:6

13:6 But they did not repudiate ⁹  the sinful ways of the family ¹⁰  of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins. ¹¹  There was even an Asherah pole ¹²  standing in Samaria.

2 Kings 21:2

21:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹³  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ¹⁴  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

² tn Heb “turn away from.”

³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁴ tn Heb “turn away from.”

⁵ tc The MT of v. 18 ends with the words, “all his days.” If this phrase is taken with what precedes, then one should translate, “[who encouraged Israel to sin] throughout his reign.” However, it may be preferable to emend the text to בְיֹמָיו (bÿyomav), “in his days,” and join the phrase to what follows. The translation assumes this change.

⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁶ tn Heb “walked after.”

⁷ tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”

⁷ tn Heb “they did not turn away from.”

⁸ tn Heb “house.”

⁹ 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).

¹⁰ tn Or “an image of Asherah”; ASV, NASB “the Asherah”; NCV “the Asherah idol.”

⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”