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2 Kings 10:31
Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator evaluates Jehu immediately after recording God's promise of a four-generation dynasty in 2 Kings 10:30 and just before detailing Israel's military decline in 2 Kings 10:32. The assessment occurs at the conclusion of Jehu's violent purge of Ahab's house.
The words — The Hebrew לֹא שָׁמַר (lo' sha-mar) literally means "he did not take care," and בְּתוֹרַת (be-to-rat) means "in the instruction." The verse states Jehu failed to diligently follow Yahweh's command with all his heart.
The thread — This failure directly references 2 Kings 10:29, which records Jehu's refusal to abandon Jeroboam's golden calves, and parallels Psalms 78:10's observation that Israel refused to live by God's law.
Why it lands — The text plainly states that external compliance or political success does not substitute for wholehearted covenant obedience, requiring readers to identify where they maintain tolerated compromise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- Psalms 78:10 They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
- Hebrews 2:1 We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Deuteronomy 4:15 So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
- Deuteronomy 4:23 Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
- Deuteronomy 5:33 You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
- Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- 1 Kings 2:4 and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 14:16 So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”