2 Kings 8:27
in 2 Kings 8And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
KJV
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
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This verse in 2 Kings 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab,.... Worshipping the calves, and Baal also: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab; he was the son of Jehoram, who was son-in-law to Ahab, having married his daughter, which accounts for his being guilty of the same idolatrous practices.
This site's exposition
In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel
on 2 Kings 8:25-27
Ahaziah begins a one-year reign in the twelfth year of Joram, and the text names his mother, Athaliah. The verdict that he “walked in the ways of the house of Ahab” echoes what verse 18 said of his father. Two generations of Judah's kings are now bound into Ahab's family.
This site's exposition
walked in the ways of the house of Ahab
John Gill names the ways of the house of Ahab as the worship of the calves and of Baal. Gill explains the relationship: Ahaziah was the son of Jehoram, who had married Ahab's daughter. The idolatry came into Judah through that marriage.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Canaan, that fruitful land, was turned into barrenness, for the iniquity of those that dwelt therein. The famine in Samaria was soon relieved by the raising of that siege, but neither that judgment nor that mercy had a due influence upon them, and therefore the Lord called for another famine; for when he judgeth he will overcome.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ | bederekh | in [the] way of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אַחְאָ֔ב | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| וַיַּ֧עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הָרַ֛ע | hara' | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כְּבֵ֣ית | keveit | like [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אַחְאָ֑ב | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| חֲתַ֥ן | chatan | [was] [the] son-in-law of | H2860 → | |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אַחְאָ֖ב | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְand he walked
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙in [the] way of
bederekhH1870 →707 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אַחְאָ֔בAhab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
וַיַּ֧עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
הָרַ֛עthe evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כְּבֵ֣יתlike [the] house of
keveitH1004 →2046 times
אַחְאָ֑בAhab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
חֲתַ֥ן[was] [the] son-in-law of
chatanH2860 →
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
אַחְאָ֖בAhab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
הֽוּא׃he
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is…
it leads to
- Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- Proverbs 5:3–5
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 2:18–19
For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…
- Proverbs 22:14
Through
2 Kings 8:18And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 8:26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 9:7–8
And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD…
- 1 Kings 11:1–5
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- 2 Kings 8:26
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); 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.
