2 Kings 3:3

3 But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on in them.

2 Kings 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:3

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin
He closely adhered to the worship of the calves set up by him:

he departed not therefrom:
that being a piece of state policy, to keep up the division of the two kingdoms.

2 Kings 3:3 In-Context

1 And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.
2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.
3 But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on in them.
4 Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool from a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand sheep.
5 But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.
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