2 Kings 3:14

3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ¹  lives (whom I serve), ²  if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, ³  I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. ⁴ 

2 Kings 10:31

10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. ⁵  He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit. ⁶ 

2 Kings 17:34-35

17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship ⁷  the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave ⁸  the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel. 17:35 The Lord made an agreement ⁹  with them ¹⁰  and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

2 Kings 18:12

18:12 This happened because they did not obey ¹¹  the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. ¹²  They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. ¹³ 

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¹ tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

² tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

³ tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”

⁴ tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”

⁵ tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart.”

⁶ tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

⁷ tn Heb “fear.”

⁸ tn Heb “commanded.”

⁹ tn Or “covenant.”

¹⁰ sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).

¹¹ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

¹² tn Heb “his covenant.”

¹³ tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”