And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:17-18 Reign of Menahem. - Menahem’s reign lasted ten full years (see at 2Ki 15:23), and resembled that of his predecessors in its attitude towards God. In 2Ki 15:18, the expression כּל־ימיו (all his days) is a very strange one, inasmuch as no such definition of time occurs in connection with the usual formula, either in this chapter (cf. 2Ki 15:24 and 2Ki 15:28) or elsewhere (cf.
Commenting on 2 Kings 15:17-18
God kept faith with Jehu's house for four generations, yet even that mercy could not reform Israel; the people despised both judgment and the prophets' warnings, so these confusions and calamities came justly upon them, as Moses had said they would.
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Commenting on 2 Kings 15:8-31
And he did that which was evil,.... Besides other sins, he cleaved to that of worshipping the calves, a piece of state policy all the kings of Israel gave into. And he did that which was evil,.... Besides other sins, he cleaved to that of worshipping the calves, a piece of state policy all the kings of Israel gave into.