1 Kings 15:34

1 Kings 15:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
• New International Version (NIV)He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.

Context of 1 Kings 15:34

32And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 33In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.

1 Kings 15:34 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם וּ֨בְחַטָּאת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סRead the interlinear

• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• walkedיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• Jeroboamיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
• sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• sinחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398

Cross-references for 1 Kings 15:34

• 1 Kings 15:26And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
• 1 Kings 12:28Upon which the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
• 1 Kings 13:33After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
• 1 Kings 14:16And he shall give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who made Israel to sin.
• Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Walked in the way of Jeroboam - The entail of iniquity cannot be cut off but by a thorough conversion of the soul to God; and of this, these bad kings seem to have had no adequate notion. The wicked followed the steps of the wicked, and became still more wicked; sin gathers strength by exercise and age.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-34Verses 25-34 During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Observe the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground. Divine threatenings are not designed merely to terrify. Ungodly men execute the just judgments of God upon each other. But in the midst of dreadful sins and this apparent confusion, the Lord carries on his own plan: when it is fully completed, the glorious…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-34Baasha made Tirzah his capital, which was a royal retreat for earlier kings (1 Kings 14:17).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 15:34

• Baasha
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jeroboam
• Baasha
• Proclamation
• Abishag

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings