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.


In Context

1 Joram son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.

2 He 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.

3 Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

4 Now Mesha king of Moab raised sheep, and he had to supply the king of Israel with a hundred thousand lambs and with the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

2nd Kings 3:2 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And 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.

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.