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Contemporary English Version

2 Kings 10:29

But he did not stop the worship of the gold statues of calves at Dan and Bethel that Jeroboam had made for the people to worship.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-El;   Calf;   Inconsistency;   Intolerance, Religious;   Religion;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Beth-El;   Calves, Jeroboam's;   False;   Golden Calves;   Idolatry;   Images;   Jehu;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Calves of Jeroboam;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Samaria, samaritans;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehu;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Calf Worship;   Hezekiah;   Kings, the Books of;   Old Testament;   Shechem (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Golden Calf;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jehu;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehu ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bethel;   Jehu;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Beth'el;   Je'hu;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Calf;   Jehu;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Calf, Golden;   Jehu;   Judah, Territory of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bethel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beth-El;   Calf-Worship;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.
Hebrew Names Version
However from the sins of Yarov`am the son of Nevat, with which he made Yisra'el to sin, Yehu didn't depart from after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Beit-El, and that were in Dan.
King James Version
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 Bethel, and that were in Dan.
English Standard Version
But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.
New Century Version
but he did not stop doing the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had done. Jeroboam had led Israel to sin by worshiping the golden calves in Bethel and Dan.
New English Translation
However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan.
Amplified Bible
However, Jehu did not turn from the [idolatrous] sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, that is, [led them to worship] the golden calves which were at Bethel and Dan.
New American Standard Bible
However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel, from these Jehu did not desist, including the golden calves that were at Bethel and at Dan.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But fro the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which made Israel to sinne, Iehu departed not fro them, neither from the golden calues that were in Beth-el and that were in Dan.
Legacy Standard Bible
However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the golden calves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, Yehu did not turn away from the sins of Yarov‘am the son of N'vat, with which he had led Isra'el into sin, the gold calves that were in Beit-El and Dan.
Darby Translation
Only, the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, from them Jehu departed not: [from] the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
Easy-to-Read Version
but he did not completely turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that caused Israel to sin. Jehu did not destroy the golden calves in Bethel and in Dan.
George Lamsa Translation
But as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu did not depart from them, especially the worship of the golden calves that were in Beth-el and in Dan.
Good News Translation
But he imitated the sin of King Jeroboam, who led Israel into the sin of worshiping the gold bull-calves he set up in Bethel and in Dan.
Lexham English Bible
Only Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat by which he caused Israel to sin; namely, the calf-shaped idols of gold which were in Bethel and Dan.
Literal Translation
Only, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, Jehu did not turn from following them, the calves of gold at Bethel, and in Dan.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Iehu lefte not of from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat (which caused Israel to synne) namely, from the golden calues at Bethel and at Dan.
American Standard Version
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he 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.
Bible in Basic English
But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made Israel do; the gold oxen were still in Beth-el and in Dan.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche made Israel to sinne, Iehu departed not from them [neither from] the golden calues that were in Bethel and in Dan.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
King James Version (1611)
Howbeit, from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to sinne, Iehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calues that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Nevertheless Ju departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: these were the golden heifers in Baethel and in Dan.
English Revised Version
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he 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.
Berean Standard Bible
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit-the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
netheles he yede not awei fro the synnes of Jeroboam, sone of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne, nether he forsook the goldun caluys, that weren in Bethel and in Dan.
Young's Literal Translation
only -- the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin, Jehu hath not turned aside from after them -- the calves of gold that [are] at Beth-El, and in Dan.
Update Bible Version
Nevertheless from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet [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.
World English Bible
However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
New King James Version
However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, that is, from the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan.
New Living Translation
He did not, however, destroy the gold calves at Bethel and Dan, with which Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to sin.
New Life Bible
But Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. He kept the gold calves at Bethel and Dan.
New Revised Standard
But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to commit—the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Nevertheless, as for the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused, Israel, to commit, Jehu turned not away from following them, - the calves of gold, one being in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But yet he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, nor did he forsake the golden calves that were in Bethel, and Dan.
Revised Standard Version
But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and in Dan.
THE MESSAGE
But for all that, Jehu didn't turn back from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, the sins that had dragged Israel into a life of sin—the golden calves in Bethel and Dan stayed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the golden calves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan.

Contextual Overview

29 But he did not stop the worship of the gold statues of calves at Dan and Bethel that Jeroboam had made for the people to worship. 30 Later the Lord said, "Jehu, you have done right by destroying Ahab's entire family, just as I had planned. So I will make sure that the next four kings of Israel will come from your own family." 31 But Jehu did not completely obey the commands of the Lord God of Israel. Instead, he kept doing the sinful things that Jeroboam had caused the Israelites to do. 32 In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel's territory. King Hazael of Syria defeated the Israelites and took control 33 of the regions of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan River and north of the town of Aroer near the Arnon River. This was the land where the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh had once lived. 34 Everything else Jehu did while he was king, including his brave deeds, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel. 35 Jehu died and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz became king. 36 Jehu had ruled Israel twenty-eight years from Samaria.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3120-3148, bc 884-856

the sins: 2 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 13:11, 2 Kings 14:24, 2 Kings 15:9, 2 Kings 15:18, 2 Kings 15:24, 2 Kings 15:28, 2 Kings 17:22, 1 Kings 12:28-30, 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 13:34, 1 Kings 14:16

made Israel: Genesis 20:9, Exodus 32:21, 1 Samuel 2:24, Mark 6:24-26, 1 Corinthians 8:9-13, Galatians 2:12, Galatians 2:13

the golden calves: Exodus 32:4, Hosea 8:5, Hosea 8:6, Hosea 10:5, Hosea 13:2

in Bethel: 1 Kings 12:29

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:31 - he departed 2 Kings 13:6 - departed 2 Chronicles 1:17 - the kings Ezekiel 23:8 - whoredoms Hosea 1:4 - and I Hosea 8:2 - General Amos 8:14 - sin

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah,
1 Samuel 15:7
and Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is just east of Egypt.
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat had seagoing ships built to sail to Ophir for gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber and never sailed.
1 Chronicles 9:10
Here is a list of priests who settled in Jerusalem: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin; Azariah, who was a temple official, and whose ancestors included Hilkiah, Meshullam, Zadok, Meraioth, and Ahitub; Adaiah son of Jeroham, whose ancestors included Pashhur and Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, whose ancestors included Jahzerah, Meshullam, Meshillemith, and Immer.
1 Chronicles 9:13
There was a total of 1,760 priests, all of them family leaders in their clan and trained in the work at the temple.
Job 22:24
So get rid of your finest gold, as though it were sand.
Job 28:16
or precious stones.
Psalms 45:9
Daughters of kings are here, and your bride stands at your right side, wearing a wedding gown trimmed with pure gold.
Isaiah 13:12
Survivors will be harder to find than the purest gold.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin,.... Which is the common character given of that king, a blot never to be wiped off:

Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan: he did not abstain from the worship of them, partly because he might not think it idolatry, because God was worshipped in them; hence he calls the worshippers of the calves the servants of the Lord, 2 Kings 10:23, and partly that he might not displease the princes of the people of Israel, who generally gave in to the worship of them; but chiefly lest the kingdom of Israel should return to the house of David, the worship of the calves being a piece of state policy, to keep them from going to Jerusalem to worship, lest thereby they should be drawn off from their allegiance to the king of Israel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To abolish the calf-worship was a thought which had probably never occurred to Jehu. He had religious feeling enough, and patriotism enough, to detest the utterly debasing Astarte worship; but the pure worship of Yahweh was altogether beyond and above him.


 
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