2 Kings 3:3

Yet he persisted in ¹  the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them. ² 

biblegateway 2Ki 3:3

Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

biblegateway 2Ki 3:3

Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

biblegateway 2Ki 3:3

Nevertheless he continued in the sins of idolatry that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led the people of Israel to commit.

biblegateway 2Ki 3:3

But he hung on to the sinful practices of Jeroboam son of Nebat, the ones that had corrupted Israel for so long. He wasn't about to give them up.

SABDAweb 2Ki 3:3

But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on in them.

bibleoremus 2Ki 3:3

Nevertheless he clung to the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to commit; he did not depart from it.

biblegateway 2Ki 3:3

Nevertheless he persisted in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

biblegateway 2Ki 3:3

Yet he persisted in ¹  the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them. ² 

¹ tn Heb “held tight,” or “clung to.”

² 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.”