King James Version
2 Kings 23:37 in the King James Version says “And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.”
2 Kings 23:37 · KJV
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“in the sight”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“according to all that his fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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