1 Kings 22:53

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Servivit quoque Baal, et adoravit eum, et irritavit Dominum Deum Israël, juxta omnia quæ fecerat pater ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

1 Kings 22:51–53

The 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.

Theme notes and profiles

Ahab Jehoshaphat True Success

Events

Reign of Ahaziah

Related verses

1 Kings 16:30–32
However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
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 calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
2 Kings 3:2
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
Psalm 106:29
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Ezekiel 18:14–18
Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
Judges 2:1–11
Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
2 Kings 1:2
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
Isaiah 65:3
…to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
1 Kings 16:7
Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

Parallels

2 Kings 1:1–16

People

Baal: Canaanite god, "Lord/God of the Covenant" Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Ahaziah Apostasy Jehoram Jehoshaphat (Person) Kings, Books of First and Second Ramoth-Gilead

Topics

Ahaziah: King of Israel: History of Influence: Evil Kings: Who Reigned Over Israel: Ahaziah The Armies of Israel: Often Led by the King in Person

1 Kings 22:53

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