2 Re 3:2

2 Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; ma non quanto suo padre e sua madre, perché tolse via la statua di Baal, che suo padre avea fatta.

2 Re 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 Re 3:2 In-Context

1 Or Jehoram, figliuolo di Achab, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele a Samaria l’anno decimottavo di Giosafat, re di Giuda, e regnò dodici anni.

2 Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; ma non quanto suo padre e sua madre, perché tolse via la statua di Baal, che suo padre avea fatta.

3 Nondimeno egli rimase attaccato ai peccati coi quali Geroboamo figliuolo di Nebat, aveva fatto peccare Israele; e non se ne distolse.

4 Or Mesha, re di Moab, allevava molto bestiame e pagava al re d’Israele un tributo di centomila agnelli e centomila montoni con le loro lane.

5 Ma, morto che fu Achab, il re di Moab si ribellò al re d’Israele.