Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conduct of Zechariah, king of Israel, during his six-month reign following the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s rule and preceding his assassination by Shallum.
The words — לֹא (lo') = not [H3808] and עָשׂוּ ('a.Su) = they had done [H6213] anchor the verse’s claim of unbroken ancestral disobedience.
The thread — The identical phrasing regarding Jeroboam son of Nebat’s sins appears in 2 Kings 10:29, 10:31, and 13:2 as a recurring indictment of northern rulers.
Why it lands — The text states a factual continuity of royal sin rather than offering moral commentary, demanding the reader track how each king’s actions extend a established pattern of covenant failure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2 Kings 13:11 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
- 2 Kings 14:24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.