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2 Kings 13:2

in 2 Kings 13

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

KJV

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

This verse in 2 Kings 13

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Jehoahaz son of Jehu

on 2 Kings 13:1-3

Jehu's dynasty had been promised four generations on the throne, and his son Jehoahaz opens that promise by walking the road Jeroboam laid down. The narrator names the sin before the punishment: the anger of the LORD delivers Israel into the hand of Hazael for the whole reign.

This site's exposition

followed the sins that Jeroboam

Jehoahaz keeps the calf worship at Bethel and Dan that Jeroboam set up and his father Jehu left standing. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown held that when he prayed, the LORD heard him on account of the ancient covenant with the patriarchs. His record gave no ground for an answer.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,.... Committed idolatry: and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; worshipping the golden calves: he departed not therefrom; from the worship of them.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • הָרַ֖עthe evil

    hara'H7451 →662 times

  • בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of

    beeineiH5869 →887 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וַ֠יֵּלֶךְand he walked

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • אַחַ֨רafter

    ʾacharH310 →715 times

  • חַטֹּ֜את[the] sins of

    chatotH2403 →295 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֧םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • נְבָ֛טNebat

    nevatH5028 →25 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • הֶחֱטִ֥יאhe caused to sin

    hecheti'H2398 →238 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • סָ֥רhe turned aside

    sarH5493 →299 times

  • מִמֶּֽנָּה׃from it

    mimenahH4480 →1188 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 10:29

    but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 12:28–30

      After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…

  • Through

    1 Kings 14:16

    So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 16:2

      “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and…

    • 1 Kings 13:34

      And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.

    • 1 Kings 15:34

      And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.

    • 1 Kings 15:30

      because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.

    • 1 Kings 12:30

      And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

  • Through

    Hosea 5:11

    Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

    it leads to

    • Micah 6:16

      You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you…

    • Deuteronomy 28:33

      A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.