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 14:24

14:24 He did evil in the sight of¹³ the Lord; he did not repudiate¹⁴ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 15:9

15:9 He did evil in the sight of¹⁵ the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate¹⁶ 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 of¹⁷ the Lord; he did not repudiate¹⁸ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.¹⁹

During his reign,

2 Kings 15:24

15:24 He did evil in the sight of²⁰ the Lord; he did not repudiate²¹ 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 of²² the Lord; he did not repudiate²³ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 10:29

A Summary of Jehu’s Reign

10:29 However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel²⁴ and Dan.²⁵

2 Kings 10:31

10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel.²⁶ He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.²⁷

2 Kings 21:16

21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end,²⁸ in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.²⁹

2 Kings 23:15

23:15 He also tore down the altar in Bethel³⁰ at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin.³¹ He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole.³²

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 “in the eyes of.”

¹⁰tn Heb “turn away from all.”

¹¹tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹²tn Heb “turn away from.”

¹³tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁴tn Heb “turn away from.”

¹⁵tc 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.

¹⁵tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁶tn Heb “turn away from.”

¹⁷tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁸tn Heb “turn away from.”

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²⁰tn Heb “Except the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat which he caused Israel to commit, Jehu did not turn aside from after them – the golden calves which [were in] Bethel and which [were] in Dan.”

²¹tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart.”

²²tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

²³tn Heb “and also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem from mouth to mouth.”

²⁴tn Heb “apart from his sin which he caused Judah to commit, by doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

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²⁶tn Heb “And also the altar that is in Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin, also that altar and the high place he tore down.” The more repetitive Hebrew text is emphatic.

²⁷tn Heb “he burned the high place, crushing to dust, and he burned the Asherah pole.” High places per se are never referred to as being burned elsewhere. בָּמָה (bamah) here stands by metonymy for the combustible items located on the high place. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 289.