2 Kings 17:22

17:22 The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate¹ them.

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 Bethel² and Dan.³

2 Kings 14:24

14:24 He did evil in the sight of⁴ the Lord; he did not repudiate⁵ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 15:24

15:24 He did evil in the sight of⁶ the Lord; he did not repudiate⁷ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 15:28

15:28 He did evil in the sight of⁸ the Lord; he did not repudiate⁹ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Kings 10:31

10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel.¹⁰ He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.¹¹

2 Kings 13:2

13:2 He did evil in the sight of¹² the Lord. He continued in¹³ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.¹⁴

2 Kings 13:6

13:6 But they did not repudiate¹⁵ the sinful ways of the family¹⁶ of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins.¹⁷ There was even an Asherah pole¹⁸ standing in Samaria.

2 Kings 13:11

13:11 He did evil in the sight of¹⁹ the Lord. He did not repudiate²⁰ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins.²¹

2 Kings 15:9

15:9 He did evil in the sight of²² the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate²³ 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 of²⁴ the Lord; he did not repudiate²⁵ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.²⁶

During his reign,

¹tn Heb “turn away from.”

²map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

³tn 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.”

⁴tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁵tn Heb “turn away from all.”

⁶tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁷tn Heb “turn away from.”

⁸tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁹tn Heb “turn away from.”

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

¹¹tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

¹²tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹³tn Heb “walked after.”

¹⁴tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”

¹⁵tn Heb “they did not turn away from.”

¹⁶tn Heb “house.”

¹⁷tc 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).

¹⁸tn 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).

¹⁹tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²⁰tn Heb “turn away from all.”

²¹tn Heb “in it he walked.”

²²tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²³tn Heb “turn away from.”

²⁴tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²⁵tn Heb “turn away from.”

²⁶tc 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.