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.


In Context

1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

2 And 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.

3 Nevertheless, he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

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 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 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.