KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he did” | וַיַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | did |
| “that which was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “evil” | הָרַ֖ע | Bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) | evil |
| “in the sight” | בְּעֵינֵ֣י | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | sight |
| “of the Lord;” | יְהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “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 all” | מִכָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the sins” | חַטֹּ֞אות | An offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender | sins |
| “of Jeroboam” | יָֽרָבְעָ֧ם | Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings | Jeroboam |
| “the son” | בֶּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
| “of Nebat,” | נְבָ֛ט | Nebat, the father of Jeroboam I | Nebat |
| “who” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | who |
| “made” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | made |
| “Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “sin:” | הֶֽחֱטִ֥יא | Properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn | sin |
| “but” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “he walked” | הָלָֽךְ׃ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | walked |
| “therein.” | הָלָֽךְ׃ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | therein |
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9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
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