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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 3:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 3:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And he wrought [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]; but not like his father [01], and like his mother [0517]: for he put away [05493] the image [04676] of Baal [01168] that his father [01] had made [06213]. |
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King James |
And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| On the "evil" done by Ahab, see especially Kg1 16:30-34. Jehoram, warned by the fate of his brother (Kg2 1:4 note), began his reign by a formal abolition of the Phoenician state religion introduced by Ahab - even if he connived at its continuance among the people Kg2 10:26-27; and by a re-establishment of the old worship of the kingdom as arranged by Jeroboam. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He put away the image of Baal - He abolished his worship; but he continued that of the calves at Dan and Beth-el. |
26 And they brought forth [03318] the images [04676] out of the house [01004] of Baal [01168], and burned [08313] them.
27 And they brake down [05422] the image [04676] of Baal [01168], and brake down [05422] the house [01004] of Baal [01168], and made [07760] it a draught house [04163] [04280] unto this day [03117].
4 Now therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Thou shalt not come down [03381] from that bed [04296] on which thou art gone up [05927], but shalt surely [04191] die [04191]. And Elijah [0452] departed [03212].
30 And Ahab [0256] the son [01121] of Omri [06018] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068] above all that were before [06440] him.
31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing [07043] for him to walk [03212] in the sins [02403] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], that he took [03947] to wife [0802] Jezebel [0348] the daughter [01323] of Ethbaal [0856] king [04428] of the Zidonians [06722], and went [03212] and served [05647] Baal [01168], and worshipped [07812] him.
32 And he reared up [06965] an altar [04196] for Baal [01168] in the house [01004] of Baal [01168], which he had built [01129] in Samaria [08111].
33 And Ahab [0256] made [06213] a grove [0842]; and Ahab [0256] did [06213] more [03254] to provoke the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] to anger [03707] than all the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] that were before [06440] him.
34 In his days [03117] did Hiel [02419] the Bethelite [01017] build [01129] Jericho [03405]: he laid the foundation [03245] thereof in Abiram [048] his firstborn [01060], and set up [05324] the gates [01817] thereof in his youngest [06810] son Segub [07687], according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he spake [01696] by [03027] Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126].