And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
He did what was evil in the LORD's eyes, just like everything his father had done.
This verse says that the king followed in his father's footsteps by doing things that God considered wrong.
📚 Historical Context
In the historical context of 2 Kings, Jehoiachin was a young king of Judah who ascended to the throne around 597 BC after his father Jehoiakim's death, during a time of increasing Babylonian pressure on the kingdom. He quickly followed his father's pattern of evil by engaging in idolatry and disobedience to God's laws, which was a continuation of Judah's longstanding cycle of unfaithfulness to the covenant. This led to Jehoiachin's short reign ending in his deportation to Babylon, marking a pivotal step toward the full exile of Judah.
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