1 Kings 22:53 - Printer Friendly

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.

NIV: He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.

NASB: So he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.

CSB: He served Baal and bowed in worship to him. He angered the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done.

NLT: He served Baal and worshiped him, provoking the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.

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.

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.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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