2 Kings 3:2

“And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.”

"And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made." - 2 Kings 3:2
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What does 2 Kings 3:2 mean?

2 Kings 3:2 (KJV) says, "And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made." 2 Kings 3:2 provides a glimpse into the reign of King Jehoram of Israel, who was the son of Ahab and…

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The Complexity of Faithfulness: Lessons from Jehoram's Reign

In 2 Kings 3:2, we find a multifaceted portrait of King Jehoram: "And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made." This verse brings forth an essential reflection on the…

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A Prayer for Righteousness and Deliverance

Heavenly Father, we come before You today with humble hearts, reflecting on the truth found in Your Word, particularly in the account of 2 Kings 3:2. Lord, we acknowledge that history teaches us the profound impact of choices made by those before us, just as King Joram made…

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2 Kings 3:2 - "And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made."
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2 Kings 3:10 - "And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!"
2 Kings 3:23 - "And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil."
2 Kings 3:6 - "¶ And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel."
2 Kings 3:16 - "And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches."
2 Kings 3:5 - "But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel."
2 Kings 3:3 - "Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom."
2 kings 5:3 Create a scene with a young servant girl talking earnestly with her mistress who is looking at her intently. the surroundings are rich in keeping with early biblical times of 2 kings
2 Kings 3:18 - "And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand."
2 Kings 25:3 - "And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land."
2 Kings 18:3 - "And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did."
2 Kings 12:3 - "But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places."
2 Kings 3:12 - "And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him."
2 Kings 11:3 - "And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land."
2 Kings 3:21 - "¶ And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border."
2 Kings 17:3 - "Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents."
2 Kings 15:3 - "And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;"
2 Kings 3:4 - "¶ And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool."
2 Kings 6:3 - "And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go."
2 Kings 3:15 - "But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him."
1 Kings 3:2 - "Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days."
2 Kings 3:8 - "And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom."
2 Kings 16:3 - "But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel."
2 Kings 22:3 - "¶ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,"
2 Kings 4:3 - "Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few."