2 Kings 14:24

He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

23When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam #2 became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria city for 41 years.

25His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath city in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher town, would happen.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:18Then I ◄prostrated myself/lay► on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry.

1 Kings 14:16Yahweh will abandon the Israeli people because of the sins that Jeroboam committed, sins which led the Israeli people to commit them.”

2 Kings 3:3But he committed the sins that King Jeroboam had committed and which led the Israeli people to sin, and he did not stop committing those sins.

2 Kings 13:6But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to also sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.

2 Kings 21:6He even sacrificed his own son by burning him in a fire. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.

Amos 7:9The places on hills where the descendants of [MTY] Isaac worship idols will be destroyed. And the other important shrines in Israel will also be destroyed. And I will enable your enemies to attack your people with swords and they will get rid of King Jeroboam and all his descendants.”

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 14:24-29

23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 24 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. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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