2 Kings 10:31

10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel.¹ He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.²

2 Kings 13:2

13:2 He did evil in the sight of³ the Lord. He continued in⁴ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.⁵

2 Kings 13:6

13:6 But they did not repudiate⁶ the sinful ways of the family⁷ of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins.⁸ There was even an Asherah pole⁹ standing in Samaria.

2 Kings 13:11

13:11 He did evil in the sight of¹⁰ the Lord. He did not repudiate¹¹ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins.¹²

2 Kings 15:9

15:9 He did evil in the sight of¹³ the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate¹⁴ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 15:18

15:18 He did evil in the sight of¹⁵ the Lord; he did not repudiate¹⁶ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.¹⁷

During his reign,

2 Kings 17:21

17:21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king.¹⁸ Jeroboam drove Israel away¹⁹ from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin.²⁰

¹tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart.”

²tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

³tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁴tn Heb “walked after.”

⁵tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”

⁶tn Heb “they did not turn away from.”

⁷tn Heb “house.”

⁸tc Heb “in it he walked.” The singular verb (הָלַךְ, halakh) is probably due to an error of haplography and should be emended to the plural (הָלְכּוּ, halÿku). Note that a vav immediately follows (on the form וְגַם, vÿgam).

⁹tn Or “an image of Asherah”; ASV, NASB “the Asherah”; NCV “the Asherah idol.”

sn Asherah was a leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles. These were to be burned or cut down (Deut 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).

¹⁰tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹¹tn Heb “turn away from all.”

¹²tn Heb “in it he walked.”

¹³tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁴tn Heb “turn away from.”

¹⁵tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁶tn Heb “turn away from.”

¹⁷tc The MT of v. 18 ends with the words, “all his days.” If this phrase is taken with what precedes, then one should translate, “[who encouraged Israel to sin] throughout his reign.” However, it may be preferable to emend the text to בְיֹמָיו (bÿyomav), “in his days,” and join the phrase to what follows. The translation assumes this change.

¹⁸tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”

¹⁹tc 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.”

²⁰tn Heb “a great sin.”