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2 Kings 23:37
37And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done.
2 Kings 23:37 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestors had done.
Context of 2 Kings 23:37
35Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments. 36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah. And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done.
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וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֖וּ אֲבֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 23:37
- Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their labor.
- Jeremiah 26:20(Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.
- Jeremiah 36:23Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with a scribe’s knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire.
- Ezekiel 19:5“ ‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 33:4He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
Commentaries on 2 Kings 23:37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord - He was a most unprincipled and oppressive tyrant. Jeremiah gives us his character at large, Jeremiah 22:13-19, to which the reader will do well to refer. Jeremiah was at that time in the land, and was an eyewitness of the abominations of this cruel king.Read the comment
- 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. 37did evil: The book of Jeremiah describes Jehoiakim as completely unfaithful (see Jeremiah 22:13–23; 25:1–14; 26:20–23; 36:1–32).Read the comment
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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
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