2 Kings 3:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.”
דָּבַק
Cleave, cling, hold fast. Dabaq. A husband shall cleave to his wife. The same word used for clinging to God. The deepest human bonds mirror our bond with God.
חָטָא
he caused to sin
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חָטָא
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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בֵּן
the son of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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רַק
only
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רַק
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
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מִן
from/ it
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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יָרׇבְעָם
Jeroboam
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יָרׇבְעָם
Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
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סוּר
he turned aside
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סוּר
to turn off (literal or figurative)
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נְבָט
Nebat
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נְבָט
Nebat, the father of Jeroboam I
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