1 Kings 22:53

1 Kings 22:53 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
• New International Version (NIV)He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger in every way that his father had done.
• New King James Version (NKJV)for he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.

Context of 1 Kings 22:53

51Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoram became king in his place. 52Ahaziah son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. But he did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes and followed the way of his father, and the way of his mother, and the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who caused Israel to sin. 54For he worshipped Baal and bowed down to him, vexing Adonai God of Israel, like all his father had done.

1 Kings 22:53 word by word

וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֔עַל וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה ל֑וֹ וַיַּכְעֵ֗ס אֶת־יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה אָבִֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For he servedעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• Baalבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168
• and worshippedשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• him, and provoked to angerכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• according to all that his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• had doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for 1 Kings 22:53

• 1 Kings 16:31Now, as if it was a trifling thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he also took as wife Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
• Judges 2:1Now the angel of Adonai came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and He said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and took you into the land which I swore to your fathers. I also said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you.
• 2 Kings 1:2Now Ahaziah fell down from the balcony of his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. So he sent messengers and instructed them, “Go inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
• 2 Kings 3:2He did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, though not like his father and his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
• 1 Kings 16:7But the word of Adonai had already come by the hand of the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasa and against his house, because of all the evil he had done in Adonai’s eyes, vexing Him with the work of his hands, becoming thus like the house of Jeroboam which He struck down.
• Psalms 106:29So they provoked Him with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
• Isaiah 65:3These people provoke Me continually to My face, sacrificing in gardens, burning incense on bricks,
• Ezekiel 8:3Something like the form of a hand stretched out, and took me by the hair of my head. The Ruach lifted me up between the earth and the heaven. He brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court facing north—where the idol that provokes furious jealousy was.
• 1 Kings 21:29“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but in his son’s days I will bring the evil upon his house.”
• Ezekiel 18:14“Now behold, suppose he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins that he committed, and observing, does not do likewise.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 22:53

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 51-53Verses 51-53 Ahaziah's reign was very short, not two years; some sinners God makes quick work with. A very bad character is given of him; he listened not to instruction, took no warning, but followed the example of his wicked father, and the counsel of his more wicked mother, Jezebel, who was still living. Miserable are the children who not only derive a sinful nature from their parents, but are taught by them to increase it; and most unhappy parents are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 51-53The sad story of Ahaziah's rule in Israel continues in 2 Kings 1:1–18. He followed the evil ways of his parents, Ahab and Jezebel (1 Kings 21:25–26). He worshiped Baal (2 Kings 1:2, 16) and supported the state religion started by Jeroboam I (1 Kings 12:28–32). Ahaziah’s rise to power and character summary conclude Ahab's story in 1 Kings and smoothly transition to the ongoing story of the divided kingdom in 2 Kings.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 22:53

• Ahaziah
• Influence

In the dictionaries

• Baal
• God
• Israel
• Ahab
• Forbear
• Neither
• Nor
• Prophesy
• Venture
• Void

Commentaries on 1 Kings 22

• 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