2 Kings 8:18
8:18 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. 1 He did evil in the sight of 2 the Lord.
2 Kings 10:10
10:10 Therefore take note that not one of the judgments the Lord announced against Ahab’s dynasty has failed to materialize. The Lord had done what he announced through his servant Elijah.” 3
2 Kings 10:30
10:30 The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” 4
2 Kings 15:9
15:9 He did evil in the sight of 5 the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate 6 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.
2 Kings 17:41
17:41 These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.
2 Kings 23:17
23:17 He asked, “What is this grave marker I see?” The men from the city replied, “It’s the grave of the prophet 7 who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
2 Kings 23:19
23:19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the Lord. 8 He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel. 9
1 tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”
2 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
3 tn Heb “Know then that there has not fallen from the word of the Lord to the ground that which the Lord spoke against the house of Ahab. The Lord has done that which he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah.”
4 tn Heb “Because you have done well by doing what is proper in my eyes – according to all which was in my heart you have done to the house of Ahab – sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.” In the Hebrew text the Lord’s statement is one long sentence (with a parenthesis). The translation above divides it into shorter sentences for stylistic reasons.
sn Jehu ruled over Israel from approximately 841-814 b.c. Four of his descendants (Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, and Zechariah) ruled from approximately 814-753 b.c. The dynasty came to an end when Shallum assassinated Zechariah in 753 b.c. See 2 Kgs 15:8-12.
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
6 tn Heb “turn away from.”
7 tn Heb “man of God.”
8 tc Heb “which the kings of Israel had made, angering.” The object has been accidentally omitted in the MT. It appears in the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate versions.
9 tn Heb “and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done in Bethel.”
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