2 Kings 10:31

Jehu Jeroboam

²⁹ 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.

³⁰ Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

³² In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory

³³ from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

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BSB: Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
KJV: 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.
WEB: But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
ASV: But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
DARBY: But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah the God of Israel with all his heart; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.
BLB: And Jehu did not take heed to walk in the law of YHWH, God of Israel, with all his heart. For he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, who had caused Israel to sin.

ÅB: Men Jehu gav ikke akt på å vandre i Herrens, Israels Guds lov av alt sitt hjerte; han vek ikke fra Jeroboams synder, som han hadde fått Israel til å gjøre.
OTB: Men Jehu var ikke nøye med å vandre i Herrens lov, Israels Gud, med hele sitt hjerte; han vendte seg ikke bort fra Jeroboams synder, som han fikk Israel til å begå.
B1930: Men Jehu gav ikke akt på å vandre i Herrens, Israels Guds lov av alt sitt hjerte; han vek ikke fra Jeroboams synder, som han hadde fått Israel til å gjøre.

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Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
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2 Kings 10:29
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.
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Psalms 78:10
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
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Hebrews 2:1
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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1 Kings 14:16
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
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2 Chronicles 6:16
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
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Daniel 9:10
and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
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Deuteronomy 4:23
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
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