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2 Kings 14:24

in 2 Kings 14

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

KJV

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

This verse in 2 Kings 14

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is a sign that God has not cast off his people if he continue faithful ministers among them; when Elisha, who strengthened the hands of Joash, was removed, Jonah was sent to encourage his son.

This site's exposition

he reigned in Samaria

on 2 Kings 14:23-24

Jeroboam the second takes Israel's throne bearing the first Jeroboam's name. He “did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit”. A name given in hope of a second founder becomes one more entry under an old verdict.

This site's exposition

did evil in the sight of the LORD

The sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat caused were the golden calves at Bethel and Dan, set up at 1 Kings 12:28 to 29. John Gill took the calves as meant here. Amos prophesied at Bethel in this reign.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 14:23 · Written before 373.

proposed

"In the fifteenth year of King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah, King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years. He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,.... Was guilty of idolatry: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin; the worship of the calves is especially meant; he was in all respects of the same cast with his ancestor of the same name, from whom he had it, in veneration of him.

The words behind it

15 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

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • סָ֗רhe turned aside

    sarH5493 →299 times

  • מִכָּל־from all

    mikolH3605 →5413 times

  • חַטֹּאות֙[the] sins of

    chatotH2403 →295 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֣םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • נְבָ֔טNebat

    nevatH5028 →25 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הֶחֱטִ֖יאhe caused to sin

    hecheti'H2398 →238 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 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

    Deuteronomy 9:18

    Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 34:28

      So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

    • Deuteronomy 9:9

      When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.…

  • Through

    2 Kings 13:6

    Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 13:2

      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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 16:33

      Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

  • Through

    Genesis 38:7

    But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 2:3

      The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

    • Genesis 46:12

      The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

    • Numbers 26:19

      The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

  • Through

    2 Kings 13:11

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

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

Where this verse is studied

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 Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 14:23; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.