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2 Kings 23:37 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 37. 37And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Jehoiakim receives the standard negative evaluation.”
Read It With
- 2 Kings 23:36–37
Read 2 Kings 23:37 with 23:36–37. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Jehoiakim's eleven-year reign begins with a brief family notice and the judgment that he does evil.
Why It Needs Context
2 Kings 23:37 depends on 23:36–37; isolating “And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Jehoiakim receives the standard negative evaluation.”
Read 2 Kings 23:36–37 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 23:36–37 forms one scene or regnal notice: Jehoiakim's eleven-year reign begins with a brief family notice and the judgment that he does evil.
Verse 36. 36 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.
Verse 37. 37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Kings 23:36–37 — Jehoiakim receives the standard negative evaluationSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Kings 23:36–37, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 23:36–37
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