2 Kings 23:32

“He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers had done.”

2 Kings 23:32 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 23:32, word by word

He didיַּעַשׂyaas

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “yaas” appears
what was evilרַעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ene” appears
of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

Where else “avotay” appears

Parallel passages

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The reign of Jehoahaz

2 Chronicles 36:1-4

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2 Kings 23:31-35

31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers had done. 33Pharaoh Neco bound him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 34Pharaoh Neco made king Eliakim son of Josiah in place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz he took away, and he came to Egypt and died there. 35The silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh; but he assessed the land to give the silver according to the order of Pharaoh; from each according to his assessment he exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

2 Chronicles 36:1-4

1The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem. 2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3The king of Egypt removed him in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4The king of Egypt made king over Judah and Jerusalem Eliakim his brother, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother Neco took and brought him to Egypt.

The context

31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

32 · This verse (above)

33Pharaoh Neco bound him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

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