Bible Strands
2 Kings 15:18
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records King Menahem’s conduct immediately following his accession in Samaria, situating his ten-year reign within the thirty-ninth year of Judah’s King Azariah.
The words — The Hebrew verbs וַיַּעַשׂ (va.ya‘as, “he did”) and סָר (sar, “he turned aside”) structure the declaration of his moral trajectory.
The thread — This formulaic condemnation echoes the initial idolatry of Jeroboam in 1 Kings 12:28–30 and repeats in the royal summaries of 2 Kings 17:22 and 2 Kings 23:32.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that diplomatic payments and military threats do not nullify the standard by which the text evaluates leadership.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.