2 Kings 23:32

32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

2 Kings 23:32 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:32

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord
Committed idolatry:

according to all that his fathers had done;
his grand father and great grandfather, Amon and Manasseh; so soon after Josiah's death was the revolt to idolatry.

2 Kings 23:32 In-Context

30 And his slaves carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own sepulchre. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and anointed him and made him king in his father’s stead.
31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, as he was reigning in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34 Then Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim, the son of Josiah, king in the place of Josiah his father and changed his name to Jehoiakim and took Jehoahaz and carried him to Egypt, and he died there.
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