2 KINGS 10:31

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.”

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2 Kings 10:31 Translation & Meaning

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But Jehu וְיֵה֗וּא Jehu, the name of five Israelites Jehu
took no heed שָׁמַ֛ר Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc took no heed
to walk לָלֶ֛כֶת To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) walk
in the law בְּתֽוֹרַת A precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch law
of the Lord יְהוָ֥ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
God אֱלֹהֵֽי Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
with all בְּכָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
his heart: לְבָב֑וֹ The heart (as the most interior organ) heart
for he departed סָ֗ר To turn off (literally or figuratively) departed
not לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
from מֵעַל֙ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications from
the sins חַטֹּ֣אות An offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender sins
of Jeroboam, יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings Jeroboam
which אֲשֶׁ֥ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
made אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) made
Israel יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
to sin. הֶֽחֱטִ֖יא Properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn sin

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  • 29  Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.

  • 30  And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

  • 31  But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

  • 32  In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

  • 33  From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.




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