2And he did evil before the Lord, but not like his father and his mother: for he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.


In Context

1 And Joram the son of Achab reigned over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of m Josaphat king of Juda. And he reigned twelve years.

2 And he did evil before the Lord, but not like his father and his mother: for he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.

3 Nevertheless he stuck to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, nor did he depart from them.

4 Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams with their fleeces.

2 Kings 3:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord , but not as his father and mother had done. He got rid of the sacred stone of Baal that his father had made.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; and he took away the column of Baal that his father had made.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And he worked evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.