2 Kings 3:2
Context3:2 He did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 10:3
Context10:3 pick the best and most capable 2 of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend 3 your master’s dynasty.”
2 Kings 14:21
Context14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
2 Kings 15:38
Context15:38 Jotham passed away 4 and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.
2 Kings 16:2
Context16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 5 He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. 6
2 Kings 22:2
Context22:2 He did what the Lord approved 7 and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; 8 he did not deviate to the right or the left.


[3:2] 1 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[10:3] 2 tn Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar) does not have its normal moral/ethical nuance here (“upright”), but a more neutral sense of “proper, right, suitable.” For the gloss “capable,” see HALOT 450 s.v. יָשָׁר.
[15:38] 3 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[16:2] 4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[16:2] 5 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the
[22:2] 5 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
[22:2] 6 tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”