1 Kings 22:53
What does 1 Kings 22:53 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 22:53 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He was a servant and worshipper of Baal, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath, as his father had done.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and serveth the Baal, and boweth himself to it, and provoketh Jehovah, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked Jehovah theGod of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.
Context
v.52And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherein he made Israel to sin.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 21:29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son’s day will I bring the evil upon his house.
- 2 Kings 3:2
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
- Judges 2:1
And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:
- 2 Kings 1:2
And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.
- Isaiah 65:3
a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;
- Psalms 106:29
Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
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