2 Kings 10:29

Translations

Modern

…but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

Traditional

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth–el, and that were in Dan.

Literal

However, the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused to sin Israel, Jehu did not turn away from after them—from the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan.

Latin

…verumtamen a peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël, non recessit, nec dereliquit vitulos aureos qui erant in Bethel et in Dan.

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English

…but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

Notes

2 Kings 10:28–29

Even though Jehu ended Baal worship in Israel, he continued the worship of gold calves at Bethel and Dan. This practice was started by Jeroboam I. It remained part of the state religion (1 Kings 12:28–30). Eventually, it contributed to the fall of the northern kingdom (2 Kings 17:21–23).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Judgment of His People The Dangers of Sin

Events

Reign of Jehu

Related verses

1 Kings 12:28–30
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 14:16
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
1 Kings 13:33–34
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
2 Kings 13:2
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
Exodus 32:21
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
2 Kings 15:24
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
1 Corinthians 8:9–13
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Hosea 13:2
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Hosea 10:5
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.
Mark 6:24–26
Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
2 Kings 17:22
The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Jehu: Son of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel, destroyed Ahab's dynasty Jeroboam: First king of the northern kingdom of Israel Nebat: Father of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel

Places

Bethel: Important city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob Dan: Israelite tribe; city in northern Israel; originally called Laish/Leshem

Glossary

Black Obelisk Dan (Place) Hosea, Book of Jehu Jeroboam Kings, Books of First and Second Tribe of Dan

Topics

Beth-El: A City North of Jerusalem: Jeroboam Institutes Idolatrous Worship At Calf: Images of, Set up in Beth-El and Dan by Jeroboam Calf: Worshiped by Jehu Calves of Jeroboam: Called The: Golden Calves Calves of Jeroboam: Worship of Adopted by Succeeding Kings Inconsistency: Jehu Religion: Outstanding Religious Persons: Jehu Religious Intolerance: Exemplified by Jehu Rulers: Wicked: Jehu, Departing not from the Sins of Jeroboam

2 Kings 10:29

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