2 Kings 10:29
in 2 Kings 10but 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
KJV
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth–el, and that were in Dan.
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This verse in 2 Kings 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
To abolish the calf-worship was a thought which had probably never occurred to Jehu. He had religious feeling enough, and patriotism enough, to detest the utterly debasing Astarte worship; but the pure worship of Yahweh was altogether beyond and above him.
This site's exposition
Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel
on 2 Kings 10:28-29
The words Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel close one purge in a sentence. The next verse sets its limit: the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan goes on. Jehu's reform reaches every altar built by a queen and stops at the one built by a king.
This site's exposition
the golden calves at Bethel and Dan
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown traced Jehu's keeping of the calves to policy. Albert Barnes thought the idea of ending the calf worship never entered Jehu's mind. He found in Jehu enough religion to hate the worship of Astarte and too little to reach the pure worship of the LORD.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam . . . Jehu departed not from after them--Jehu had no intention of carrying his zeal for the Lord beyond a certain point, and as he considered it impolitic to encourage his subjects to travel to Jerusalem, he re-established the symbolic worship of the calves.
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רַ֠ק | rak | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| חֲטָאֵ֞י | chataei | [the] sins of | H2399 → | |
| יָרָבְעָ֤ם | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נְבָט֙ | nevat | Nebat | H5028 → | 25 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֶחֱטִ֣יא | hecheti' | he caused to sin | H2398 → | 238 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| סָ֥ר | sar | he turned aside | H5493 → | 299 times |
| יֵה֖וּא | yehu' | Jehu | H3058 → | 58 times |
| מֵאַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם | meachareihem | from after them | H310 → | 715 times |
| עֶגְלֵי֙ | ʾeglei | [the] calves of | H5695 → | |
| הַזָּהָ֔ב | hazahav | <the> gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [were] Beth- | H1008 → | 142 times |
| אֵ֖ל | ʾel | -el | H1008 → | 142 times |
| וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר | vaasher | and which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּדָֽן׃ ס | bedan | [were] in Dan | H1835 → |
רַ֠קonly
rakH7535 →109 times
חֲטָאֵ֞י[the] sins of
chataeiH2399 →
יָרָבְעָ֤םJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נְבָט֙Nebat
nevatH5028 →25 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֶחֱטִ֣יאhe caused to sin
hecheti'H2398 →238 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
סָ֥רhe turned aside
sarH5493 →299 times
יֵה֖וּאJehu
yehu'H3058 →58 times
מֵאַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֑םfrom after them
meachareihemH310 →715 times
עֶגְלֵי֙[the] calves of
ʾegleiH5695 →
הַזָּהָ֔ב<the> gold
hazahavH2091 →389 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בֵּֽית־[were] Beth-
beit-H1008 →142 times
אֵ֖ל-el
ʾelH1008 →142 times
וַאֲשֶׁ֥רand which
vaasherH834 →5497 times
בְּדָֽן׃ ס[were] in Dan
bedanH1835 →
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
1 Kings 14:16So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
it leads to
- 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 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 12:30
And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
- 1 Kings 13:34
Through
2 Kings 15:28And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
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.
- 2 Kings 15:9
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 13:2
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceCentral hill countryBethelThe house of God, where Jacob saw the ladder and heard the promise, where he returned to raise an altar, and where Jeroboam’s gold…
- PlaceNorthern border, at the foot of HermonDanThe northern limit of the land, where the tribe of Dan settled after taking Laish and where Jeroboam set up one of his two golden…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
