2 Kings 3:2

“He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, only not like his father and like his mother; he removed the standing stone of Baal that his father had made.”

2 Kings 3:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 3:2, word by word

He didיַּעֲשֶׂהyaase

do

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

Where else “yaase” 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
like his fatherאָבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

Where else “avi” appears
and like his motherאִמּim

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

Where else “im” appears
he removedיָּסַרyasar

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

Where else “yasar” appears
the standing stoneמַצְּבַתmatsvat

standing stone

Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.

Where else “matsvat” appears
of Baalבַּעַלbaal

Baal

Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.

Where else “baal” appears

The context

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

2 · This verse (above)

3Only he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin, he did not turn away from it.

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