Bible Strands
2 Kings 17:22
The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator of Kings describes the northern kingdom’s condition after Jeroboam established his dynasty, positioned immediately before the Assyrian deportation.
The words — וַיֵּלֵכוּ (va.ye.le.khu) literally means “and they walked,” and חַטֹּאות (chat.to't) means “sins.” The syntax binds the people’s continuous movement directly to the specific transgressions Jeroboam enacted.
The thread — The identical refusal to abandon Jeroboam’s sins recurs in 2 Kings 3:3, 2 Kings 10:29, and 2 Kings 10:31. These passages document multiple kings maintaining the same established deviations.
Why it lands — The text records a factual refusal to change behavior despite prior warnings, establishing a direct cause for the national removal in the surrounding narrative. Readers must recognize that persistent adherence to established violations precedes the stated judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 3:3 Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
- 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 13:6 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.
- 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 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.