1 Kings 22:53

For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

For he served {H5647} Baal {H1168}, and worshipped {H7812} him, and provoked to anger {H3707} the LORD {H3068} God {H430} of Israel {H3478}, according to all that his father {H1} had done {H6213}.

He also served Ba'al and worshipped him; and he made ADONAI the God of Isra'el angry, in keeping with everything his father had done.

Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.

And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 16:30 (3 votes)

    And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that [were] before him.

  • 1 Kings 16:32 (3 votes)

    And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

  • Ezekiel 8:3 (2 votes)

    And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where [was] the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

  • Isaiah 65:3 (2 votes)

    A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

  • 1 Kings 21:29 (2 votes)

    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 days will I bring the evil upon his house.

  • Judges 2:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and 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.

  • Judges 2:11 (2 votes)

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: