²⁹ but he did not ·stop doing [turn/depart from] the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had done. Jeroboam had led Israel to sin by worshiping the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

³⁰ The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well in ·obeying what I said was right [^Ldoing what was right in my eyes/sight]. You have done to the ·family [^Lhouse] of Ahab ·as I wanted [^Lall that was in my heart/mind]. Because of this, your ·descendants as far as your great-great-grandchildren [sons to the fourth generation] will ·be kings [^Lsit on the throne] of Israel.” ³¹ But Jehu was not careful to follow the ·teachings [law; ^Ltorah] of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not ·stop doing [turn/depart from] the same sins Jeroboam had done, by which he had led Israel to sin.

³² At that time the Lord began to ·make Israel smaller [cut/trim off parts of Israel]. Hazael defeated the Israelites ·in all the land [throughout the territory] of Israel, ³³ taking all the land east of the Jordan known as the land of Gilead. (It was the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh.) He took land from Aroer by the Arnon Ravine through Gilead to Bashan.

³⁴ The other things Jehu did—everything he did and all his ·victories [achievements; power]—·are [^Lare they not…?] recorded in the book of the ·history [chronicles; annals; 1:18] of the kings of Israel. ³⁵ Jehu ·died [^Llay down/^Tslept with his fathers/ancestors] and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz became king in his place. ³⁶ Jehu ·was king [reigned] over Israel in Samaria for twenty-eight years.