The Meaning of 2 Kings 10:29 Explained

2 Kings 10:29

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does 2 Kings 10:29 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 10:25-36 - Jehu's Own Failure
Jehu was earnest enough in uprooting all traces of Baal-worship, but he permitted the worship of the calves and was careless in the matter of personal religion, 2 Kings 10:31. How much easier it is to see and rebuke the sins of others, than to take heed to our own ways! It is comparatively easy to detect and destroy the sinner, without personally yielding to the claims of God ourselves. The judge who administers the law may be a transgressor of it, and all the more keen in inflicting penalty as if to satisfy his own uneasy conscience. And we who utter God's solemn warnings against sin must not yield in thought to the sins that we denounce in act.
The Israelites were short in their duty to God, and God cut them short in territory, in wealth, and in power. Hazael thus fulfilled Elisha's anticipations, 2 Kings 8:12. Those eastern tribes that were attracted by the fatness of the land and settled there first, were the first to suffer. Those who choose for this life only, are the first to deteriorate and perish. It was so with Lot! [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 10

1  Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's sons to be beheaded
8  He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah
12  At the shearing house he slays forty-two of Ahaziah's brothers
15  He takes Jehonadab into his company
18  By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal
29  Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins
32  Hazael oppresses Israel
34  Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 10:29 mean?

However the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had made sin - Israel not did turn away Jehu from [that is] from calves the golden that [were] at Bethel and Dan -
רַ֠ק חֲטָאֵ֞י יָרָבְעָ֤ם בֶּן־ נְבָט֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא־ סָ֥ר יֵה֖וּא מֵאַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם עֶגְלֵי֙ הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּֽית־ אֵ֖ל וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּדָֽן ס

רַ֠ק  However 
Parse: Adverb
Root: רַק  
Sense: only, altogether, surely.
חֲטָאֵ֞י  the  sins 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: חֵטְא  
Sense: sin.
יָרָבְעָ֤ם  of  Jeroboam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָרָבְעָם  
Sense: the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom split at the death of Solomon and the 0 tribes split off from Judah and Benjamin and the kingdom under Solomon’s son Rehoboam; idolatry was introduced at the beginning of his reign.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
נְבָט֙  of  Nebat 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נְבָט  
Sense: an Ephraimite of Zereda, father of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel.
הֶחֱטִ֣יא  had  made  sin 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָטָא 
Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
סָ֥ר  did  turn  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
יֵה֖וּא  Jehu 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֵהוּא  
Sense: the king of the northern kingdom Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri.
עֶגְלֵי֙  [that  is]  from  calves 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֵגֶל  
Sense: calf, bull-calf.
הַזָּהָ֔ב  the  golden 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  that  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בֵּֽית־  at 
Parse: Preposition
אֵ֖ל  Bethel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־אֵל  
Sense: ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name).
בְּדָֽן  Dan 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּן 
Sense: the 5th son of Jacob, the st of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation