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2 Kings 15:28 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 15 · verse 28
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.2 Kings 15:28 · King James Version
2 Kings 15:28 in context
26And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
28And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- departedçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- JeroboamYârobʻâmJarobam, the name of two Israelite kingsH3379 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- sightʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- NebatNᵉbâṭNebat, the father of Jeroboam IH5028 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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The best days of the kingdom of Israel were while the government was in Jehu's family. In his reign, and the next three reigns, though there were many abominable corruptions and miserable grievances in Israel, yet the crown went in succession, the kings died in their beds, and some care was taken of public affairs;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-31