2 Reis 3:2

2 Fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, porém não como seu pai, nem como sua mãe; pois tirou a coluna de Baal que seu pai fizera.

2 Reis 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:2

And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord
Was guilty of idolatry:

but not like his father, and like his mother;
his father Ahab, and his mother Jezebel:

for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made;
he did not destroy it, only removed it from the temple of Baal where it was set, that it might not be worshipped, at least publicly, see ( 1 Kings 16:31 1 Kings 16:32 ) this he did, either moved to it by his own conscience, observing the sudden deaths of his father and brother, which he might suppose was for their idolatry; or in order to obtain success in his war with Moab he was entering into; or being instigated by Jehoshaphat to do it, or otherwise he might refuse to join him.

2 Reis 3:2 In-Context

1 Ora, Jorão, filho de Acabe, começou a reinar sobre Israel, em Samária, no décimo oitavo ano de Jeosafá, rei de Judá, e reinou doze anos.

2 Fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, porém não como seu pai, nem como sua mãe; pois tirou a coluna de Baal que seu pai fizera.

3 Contudo aderiu aos pecados de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, com que este fizera Israel pecar, e deles não se apartou.

4 Ora, Messa, rei dos moabitas, era criador de ovelhas, e pagava de tributo ao rei de Israel cem mil cordeiros, e cem mil carneiros com a sua lã.

5 Sucedeu, porém, que, morrendo Acabe, o rei dos moabitas se rebelou contra o rei de Israel.