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Person

Nebat

Mentioned in 25 verses across 3 books, first in 2 Kings 3:3. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 12 verses in 2 Kings, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Kings

  • 2 Kings 3:3

    Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Kings 9:9

    I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.

  • 2 Kings 10:29

    but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

  • 2 Kings 13:2

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Kings 13:11

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.

  • 2 Kings 14:24

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kings 15:9

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kings 15:18

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kings 15:24

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kings 15:28

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kings 17:21

    When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.

  • 2 Kings 23:15

    He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Sight; aspect, the father of Jeroboam, the king of Israel (1 Kings 11:26, etc.).

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