Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 3:3
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
3. he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam ] The calf-worship was the token of Israel’s separation from Judah, and had a political significance. Other kings beside Jeroboam would feel the danger of allowing the northern people to return to the temple at Jerusalem to worship. So a king who might be disposed for religious reforms would shrink from including the suppression of the calves in his programme.
which made [R.V. wherewith he made ] Israel to sin ] The A.V. is inconsistent, sometimes making the relative, in this oft-recurring phrase, refer to Jeroboam, sometimes to the sin. It is clear from 1Ki 15:26, that there, where it is first found, it must refer to the sin, and so A.V. there translates ‘wherewith he made’. The other places have been made uniform in rendering in R.V.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sins of Jeroboam, i.e. the worship of the calves; which all the kings of Israel kept up as a wall of partition between their subjects and those of Judah. Thus he shows that his religion was overruled by his interest and policy.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin,…. He closely adhered to the worship of the calves set up by him:
he departed not therefrom: that being a piece of state policy, to keep up the division of the two kingdoms.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(3) He cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam.1Ki. 12:28, seq., 1Ki. 16:2; 1Ki. 16:26.
Therefrom.Heb., from it (a collective feminine). So in 2Ki. 13:2; 2Ki. 13:6; 2Ki. 13:11.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
3. He cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam That is, the calf-worship which Jeroboam established. His reformation was only partial. He turns from Tyrian idolatry, but worships still the idols at Beth-el and at Dan.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
Ver. 3. Nevertheless he cleaved. ] This partiality in reformation marreth all. God liketh not that men should plough here, and make a balk there: this is putid hypocrisy.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
made Israel to sin. See note on 1Ki 14:16.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ki 12:28-33
he cleaved: 2Ki 10:20-31
which made: 1Ki 14:16, 1Ki 15:26, 1Ki 15:34, 1Ki 16:31
he departed: 2Ki 13:2, 2Ki 13:6, 2Ki 13:11, 2Ki 14:24, 2Ki 15:9, 2Ki 15:18, 2Ki 17:22, 1Ki 12:26-28, 1Ki 13:33, 1Co 1:19, 1Co 1:20
Reciprocal: 1Ki 22:52 – and in the way 2Ki 3:11 – that we may 2Ki 8:18 – in the way 2Ki 10:31 – he departed Jer 32:35 – to cause
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the {b} sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
(b) He sacrificed to the golden calves that Jeroboam had made.