2 Kings 3:3

3:3 Yet he persisted in¹ the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them.²

2 Kings 13:2

13:2 He did evil in the sight of³ the Lord. He continued in⁴ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.⁵

2 Kings 13:6

13:6 But they did not repudiate⁶ the sinful ways of the family⁷ of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins.⁸ There was even an Asherah pole⁹ standing in Samaria.

2 Kings 13:11

13:11 He did evil in the sight of¹⁰ the Lord. He did not repudiate¹¹ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins.¹²

2 Kings 14:16

14:16 Jehoash passed away¹³ and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

2 Kings 14:24

14:24 He did evil in the sight of¹⁴ the Lord; he did not repudiate¹⁵ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 14:27

14:27 The Lord had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory¹⁶ from under heaven,¹⁷ so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

2 Kings 15:8-9

Zechariah’s Reign over Israel

15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria¹⁸ for six months. 15:9 He did evil in the sight of¹⁹ the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate²⁰ 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 of²¹ the Lord; he did not repudiate²² the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.²³

During his reign,

2 Kings 15:24

15:24 He did evil in the sight of²⁴ the Lord; he did not repudiate²⁵ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 15:28

15:28 He did evil in the sight of²⁶ the Lord; he did not repudiate²⁷ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

¹tn Heb “held tight,” or “clung to.”

²tc The Hebrew text has the singular, “it.” Some ancient witnesses read the plural, which seems preferable since the antecedent (“sins”) is plural. Another option is to emend the plural “sins” to a singular. One ancient Greek witness has the singular “sin.”

³tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁴tn Heb “walked after.”

⁵tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”

⁵tn Heb “they did not turn away from.”

⁶tn Heb “house.”

⁷tc 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).

⁸tn Or “an image of Asherah”; ASV, NASB “the Asherah”; NCV “the Asherah idol.”

⁷tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁸tn Heb “turn away from all.”

⁹tn Heb “in it he walked.”

⁹tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹¹tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹²tn Heb “turn away from all.”

¹³tn Heb “name.”

¹⁴tn The phrase “from under heaven” adds emphasis to the verb “blot out” and suggest total annihilation. For other examples of the verb מָחָה (makhah), “blot out,” combined with “from under heaven,” see Exod 17:14; Deut 9:14; 25:19; 29:20.

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¹⁷tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁸tn Heb “turn away from.”

¹⁹tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²⁰tn Heb “turn away from.”

²¹tc 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.

²¹tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²²tn Heb “turn away from.”

²³tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²⁴tn Heb “turn away from.”