2 Kings 17:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He did what the LORD considered evil, but he didn't do what the kings of Israel before him had done.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

ASV:

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

BBE:

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.

DBY:

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

ERV:

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

JPS:

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

WBS:

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

WEB:

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

YLT:

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

2 Kings 17:2 Cross References

XREF:

2 Kings 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years.

2 Kings 17:3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, {a} but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
(a) Though he invented no new idolatry or impiety as others did, yet he sought help from the Egyptians, whom God had forbidden.

WES:

17:2 But not, and c. - For he neither worshipped Baal, as many of his predecessors did; nor compelled the people to worship the calves; (one of them, that of Dan, being destroyed, or carried away before, as the Hebrew writers affirm;) nor, as some add, hindered those by force, who were minded to go to Jerusalem to worship. And yet, the measure of the Israelites sins, being now full, vengeance comes upon them without remedy.

MHC:

17:1-6 When the measure of sin is filled up, the Lord will forbear no longer. The inhabitants of Samaria must have endured great affliction. Some of the poor Israelites were left in the land. Those who were carried captives to a great distance, were mostly lost among the nations.

CONC:

Evil Kings Preceded Sight Though Yet

Evil Eyes Israel Kings Preceded Sight

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