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 Bethel ¹  and Dan. ² 

2 Kings 10:31

10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. ³  He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit. ⁴ 

2 Kings 17:7

A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History

17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of ⁵  Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped ⁶  other gods;

2 Kings 17:21

17:21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. ⁷  Jeroboam drove Israel away ⁸  from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. ⁹ 

2 Kings 21:11

21:11 “King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. ¹⁰  He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols. ¹¹ 

2 Kings 21:16

21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, ¹²  in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord. ¹³ 

2 Kings 23:15

23:15 He also tore down the altar in Bethel ¹⁴  at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. ¹⁵  He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole. ¹⁶ 

[10:29]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[10:29]  ² tn 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.”

[10:31]  ³ tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart.”

[10:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

[17:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”

[17:21]  ⁸ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the verb is נָדָא (nada’), an alternate form of נָדָה (nadah), “push away.” The marginal reading (Qere) assumes the verb נָדָח (nadakh), “drive away.”

[17:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “a great sin.”

[21:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “these horrible sins.”

[21:11]  ¹⁰ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[21:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem from mouth to mouth.”

[21:16]  ¹² tn Heb “apart from his sin which he caused Judah to commit, by doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

[23:15]  ¹³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[23:15]  ¹⁴ tn 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.

[23:15]  ¹⁵ tn 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.