2 Kings 23:32
in 2 Kings 23And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.
KJV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
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This verse in 2 Kings 23
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,.... Committed idolatry: according to all that his fathers had done; his grand father and great grandfather, Amon and Manasseh; so soon after Josiah's death was the revolt to idolatry.
This site's exposition
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old
on 2 Kings 23:31-32
Jehoahaz "reigned in Jerusalem three months," and "he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done." Gill identifies him with Shallum at Jeremiah 22:11. Wesley notes the people chose him, the more warlike younger brother, over the elder Eliakim.
This site's exposition
just as his fathers had done
John Wesley and John Gill take his fathers to mean Manasseh and Amon, whose idolatry returned within months of Josiah's death. Wesley counts twenty-two years from Josiah's burial to the fall of Jerusalem. In his words, Jerusalem saw no good day after.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Jehoahaz, also called Shalom, reigned three months until the Egyptians came back from Mabboug. At that stage [Pharaoh] enchained him and brought him to Egypt. So [Jehoahaz] left his country and never came back, according to the prophecy that Jeremiah had spoken against him. Pharaoh …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
His fathers - His grand-parents, Manasseh, and Amon. He restored that idolatry which his father had destroyed. Jerusalem saw not a good day, after Josiah was laid in his grave; but one trouble came after another, 'till within two and twenty years it was destroyed.
3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the L ORD , to walk after the L ORD , and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
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Though he had a good education and a good example given him, and many a good prayer, we may suppose, put up for him, yet he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and, it is to be feared, began to do so in his father's lifetime, for his reign was so short that he could not, in that, show much of his character.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הָרַ֖ע | hara' | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֣י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כְּכֹ֥ל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשׂ֖וּ | ʾasu | they had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
הָרַ֖עthe evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כְּכֹ֥לaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשׂ֖וּthey had done
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings
This page draws on Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 23:31; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.