2 Kings 8:18

8:18 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. 1  He did evil in the sight of 2  the Lord.

2 Kings 15:9

15:9 He did evil in the sight of 3  the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate 4  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 17:8

17:8 they observed the practices 5  of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel. 6 

2 Kings 17:19

17:19 Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel’s example. 7 

2 Kings 17:29

17:29 But each of these nations made 8  its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria 9  had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

2 Kings 17:31

17:31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, 10  and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, 11  the gods of Sepharvaim.

2 Kings 19:11

19:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. 12  Do you really think you will be rescued? 13 

2 Kings 21:15

21:15 because they have done evil in my sight 14  and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”

2 Kings 23:21

23:21 The king ordered all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as prescribed in this scroll of the covenant.”

1 tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”

2 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

3 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

4 tn Heb “turn away from.”

5 tn Heb “walked in the customs.”

6 tn Heb “and [the practices of] the kings of Israel which they did.”

7 tn Heb “they walked in the practices of Israel which they did.”

9 sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11.

10 tn Heb “Samaritans.” This refers to the Israelites who had been deported from the land.

11 sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.

12 sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.

13 tn Heb “Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, annihilating them.”

14 tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

15 tn Heb “in my eyes.”