2 Kings 23:32

2 Kings 23:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
• New International Version (NIV)He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

Context of 2 Kings 23:32

30His officers put his dead body in a chariot and brought it from Megiddo to Jerusalem. They buried Josiah in his tomb. Then the people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father. 31Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he was king for 3 months in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. He did what the Lord considered evil, as his ancestors had done. 33Pharaoh Necoh made him a prisoner at Riblah in the territory of Hamath during his reign in Jerusalem and fined the country 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold. 34Then Pharaoh Necoh made Josiah’s son Eliakim king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, where he died.

2 Kings 23:32 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֖וּ אֲבֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• according to all that his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Kings 23:32

• 2 Kings 21:2He did what the Lord considered evil by copying the disgusting things done by the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites’ way.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 23:32

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 After Josiah was laid in his grave, one trouble came on another, till, in twenty-two years, Jerusalem was destroyed. The wicked perished in great numbers, the remnant were purified, and Josiah's reformation had raised up some to join the few who were the precious seed of their future church and nation. A little time, and slender abilities, often suffice to undo the good which pious men have, for a course of years, been labouring to effect…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32he did evil in the sight of the LORD: The deep-rooted evil and turning away from faith of the time appeared even in Josiah’s sons (2 Kings 23:32, 37; 24:9, 19). The Lord planned to judge Judah (2 Kings 23:26–27), and this decision was justified and would soon happen.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 23:32

• Egyptians
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehoahaz
• Pharaoh
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Josiah
• Kings, The Books of
• Pentateuch
• Riblah
• Shallum
• God
• High Place
• Jehoahaz
• Jeremiah (2)
• Jerusalem

Commentaries on 2 Kings 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings