2 Kings 15:24

24 And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

2 Kings 15:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:24

And he did that which was evil
Besides other sins, he cleaved to that of worshipping the calves, a piece of state policy all the kings of Israel gave into.

2 Kings 15:24 In-Context

22 And Manahem slept with his fathers: and Phaceia, his son, reigned in his stead.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azarias, king of Juda, reigned Phaceia, the son of Manahem, over Israel, in Samaria, two years.
24 And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
25 And Phacee the son of Romelia, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the tower of the king’s house, near Argob, and near Arie, and with him fifty men of the sons of the Galaadites, and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.
26 And the rest of the acts of Phaceia, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
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