2 Kings 3:1

Moab Fights with Israel

3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; ¹  he ruled for twelve years.

2 Kings 3:3

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

[3:1]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[3:3]  ² tn Heb “held tight,” or “clung to.”

[3:3]  ³ tc 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.”