2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord , but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.


In Context

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.

2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord , but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser's vassal and had paid him tribute.

4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.

2nd Kings 17:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:2And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:2And he did evil before the Lord: but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.