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They provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols. <a href="/esv/1_kings/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/16.htm">King James Bible</a> For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/16.htm">New King James Version</a> for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned and by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of his son Elah, which they committed and into which they misled Israel, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their idols. <a href="/amp/1_kings/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they committed, and made Israel commit, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. <a href="/csb/1_kings/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> This happened because of all the sins of Baasha and those of his son Elah, which they committed and caused Israel to commit, angering the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> This happened because of all the sins of Baasha and those of his son Elah, which they committed and caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols. <a href="/asv/1_kings/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. <a href="/cev/1_kings/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Baasha and Elah sinned and caused the Israelites to sin, and they made the LORD angry by worshiping idols. <a href="/erv/1_kings/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> This was for all the sins committed by Baasha and his son Elah. They sinned, led Israel to sin, and made the LORD God of Israel furious because of their worthless idols. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> Because of their idolatry and because they led Israel into sin, Baasha and his son Elah had aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel. <a href="/isv/1_kings/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> because of all the sins that Baasha and his son Elah had committed and because of what they did to lead Israel into sin, thus provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idolatry. <a href="/msb/1_kings/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols. <a href="/net/1_kings/16.htm">NET Bible</a> This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. <a href="/web/1_kings/16.htm">World English Bible</a> for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> concerning all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of his son Elah, that they sinned, and that they caused Israel to sin to provoke YHWH, God of Israel, with their vanities. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> concerning all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, that they sinned, and that they caused Israel to sin to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities. <a href="/slt/1_kings/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and which they caused Israel to sin, to irritate Jehovah the God of Israel by their vanities.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For all the sins of Baasa, and the sins of Ela his son, who sinned, and made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord the God of Israel with their vanities. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah, his son, who sinned and caused Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, with their vanities. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/16.htm">New American Bible</a> because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> because of all the sins of Baasha and the sins of his son Elah that they committed, and that they caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son which they committed and made Israel to sin in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son that they had sinned, and they gave occasion for Israel to sin, to anger LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, with their idols.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> for all the sins of Baasa, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, with their vanities. <a href="/sep/1_kings/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> for all the sins of Baasa and Ela his son, as he led Israel astray to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel with their vanities. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/16-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=6422" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/16.htm">Elah Reigns in Israel</a> …12So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet. 13<a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">This happened because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">the sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/1201.htm" title="1201: ba‘·šā (N-proper-ms) -- A king of Isr. From an unused root meaning to stink; offensiveness; Basha, a king of Israel.">Baasha</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: wə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">his son</a> <a href="/hebrew/425.htm" title="425: ’ê·lāh (N-proper-ms) -- The same as 'elah; Elah, the name of an Edomite, of four Israelites, and also of a place in Palestine.">Elah</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥā·ṭə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">had committed</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">and had caused Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: he·ḥĕ·ṭî·’ū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">to commit,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707: lə·haḵ·‘îs (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To be vexed or angry. A primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant.">provoking</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel, to anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892: bə·haḇ·lê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Or Habel; from habal; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb.">with their worthless idols.</a> 14As for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a> You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, <a href="/deuteronomy/5-7.htm">Deuteronomy 5:7-9</a> You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a> After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. <a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">2 Kings 17:21-23</a> When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. / The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them. / Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day. <a href="/2_kings/10-29.htm">2 Kings 10:29-31</a> but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. / Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” / Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. <a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Hosea 13:1-2</a> When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died. / Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!” <a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">1 Kings 14:9-10</a> You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back. / Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone! <a href="/1_kings/15-29.htm">1 Kings 15:29-30</a> As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, / because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger. <a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15</a> And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm">2 Chronicles 13:8-9</a> And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. / But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods. <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a> Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? <a href="/ezekiel/20-18.htm">Ezekiel 20:18-21</a> In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. / I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. / Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ ... <a href="/matthew/15-3.htm">Matthew 15:3-9</a> Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? / For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ ... <a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-9</a> Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ / You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” ... <a href="/acts/7-41.htm">Acts 7:41-43</a> At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. / But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? / You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.in provoking<a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm">1 Kings 15:30</a> Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.vanities<a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a> They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.<a href="/1_samuel/12-21.htm">1 Samuel 12:21</a> And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.<a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a> And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-12.htm">Baasa</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-12.htm">Baasha</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-12.htm">Ba'asha</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-9.htm">Elah</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-16.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-2.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm">Provoked</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-15.htm">Provoking</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-2.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-2.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Vanities</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-6.htm">Worthless</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-2.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">Baasa</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">Baasha</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">Ba'asha</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-14.htm">Elah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-8.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Provoked</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Provoking</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Vanities</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-10.htm">Worthless</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 16</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/16-1.htm">Jehu's prophecy against Baasha</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/16-5.htm">Elah succeeds him</a> 8. <a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm">Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him</a> 11. <a href="/1_kings/16-11.htm">Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy</a> 15. <a href="/1_kings/16-15.htm">Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself</a> 21. <a href="/1_kings/16-21.htm">The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/16-23.htm">Omri builds Samaria</a> 25. <a href="/1_kings/16-25.htm">His wicked reign</a> 27. <a href="/1_kings/16-27.htm">Ahab succeeds him</a> 29. <a href="/1_kings/16-29.htm">Ahab's most wicked reign</a> 34. <a href="/1_kings/16-34.htm">Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Baasha came to power by assassinating Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, and he perpetuated the idolatry that Jeroboam had established. This phrase highlights the generational nature of sin, as Elah followed in his father's footsteps. The sins of Baasha and Elah included idolatry and leading the nation away from the worship of Yahweh. This reflects the Deuteronomic principle that leaders' actions have significant consequences for the people they govern (Deuteronomy 28).and had caused Israel to commit The kings of Israel were responsible for leading the nation in covenant faithfulness to God. However, Baasha and Elah led Israel into sin, particularly through the worship of idols. This phrase underscores the influence of leadership and the responsibility of kings to guide their people in righteousness. The sins of the leaders became the sins of the nation, illustrating the communal aspect of sin in the Old Testament. This is reminiscent of the role of the king as a shepherd, as seen in <a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23</a>, where the leader's actions directly affect the well-being of the people.provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger The provocation of the LORD refers to the violation of the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The anger of God is a response to the breach of this covenant, particularly through idolatry, which is seen as spiritual adultery. This phrase reflects the holiness of God and His intolerance of idolatry, as outlined in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>). The anger of God is not arbitrary but is a just response to the people's rebellion and unfaithfulness.with their worthless idols Idolatry was a persistent issue in Israel's history, often leading to their downfall. The term "worthless" emphasizes the futility and powerlessness of idols compared to the living God. This phrase highlights the contrast between the true God and the false gods that Israel pursued. The prophets frequently condemned idolatry, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>, where idols are mocked for their inability to save or act. This also points to the New Testament understanding of idolatry as anything that takes the place of God in one's life (<a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/baasha.htm">Baasha</a> He was the king of Israel who reigned after assassinating Nadab, the son of Jeroboam. His reign was marked by idolatry and leading Israel into sin. 2. <a href="/topical/e/elah.htm">Elah</a> The son of Baasha, who succeeded him as king. His reign was short-lived and also characterized by idolatry and sin. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The northern kingdom, which was often led astray by its kings into idolatry and rebellion against God. 4. <a href="/topical/w/worthless_idols.htm">Worthless Idols</a> The false gods that Baasha and Elah led Israel to worship, provoking God's anger. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord,_the_god_of_israel.htm">The LORD, the God of Israel</a> The one true God who was angered by the idolatry and sin of Baasha, Elah, and the people of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_leadership_in_sin.htm">The Consequences of Leadership in Sin</a> Leaders have a profound impact on those they lead. Baasha and Elah's idolatry led the entire nation into sin, reminding us of the responsibility leaders have to guide others toward righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_provocation_of_idolatry.htm">The Provocation of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is not just a personal sin but a communal one that provokes God to anger. We must be vigilant in identifying and removing idols from our lives, whether they are physical objects or misplaced priorities. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_anger.htm">God's Righteous Anger</a> God's anger is a response to sin and idolatry, emphasizing His holiness and justice. Understanding this helps us appreciate the gravity of sin and the need for repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> The repeated failures of Israel's kings highlight the importance of obedience to God's commandments. Our faithfulness to God should be reflected in our actions and decisions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 16</a> <a href="/q/who_was_king_elah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was King Elah in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_elah's_reign_and_fall.htm">(1 Kings 16:8-10) Do historical or archaeological records support the brief yet tumultuous reign of Elah, which ended with Zimri's coup?</a> <a href="/q/when_did_king_baasha_die.htm">In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die? Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)</a> <a href="/q/how_did_baasha_attack_judah_after_his_death.htm">How can 2 Chronicles 16:1 claim Baasha attacked Judah in Asa's thirty-sixth year if 1 Kings 15:33 indicates Baasha died years earlier?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) Vanities--that is, idols (as in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm" title="They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.">Deuteronomy 32:21</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/12-21.htm" title="And turn you not aside: for then should you go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.">1Samuel 12:21</a>; <a href="/psalms/31-6.htm" title="I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.">Psalm 31:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/41-29.htm" title="Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.">Isaiah 41:29</a>; Jer. viii 19; &c.): not only the idols of Dan and Bethel, but the worse abominations which grew up under cover of these. In the Old Testament generally the contempt for idolatry and false worship as a gross folly, wasting faith on unrealities, is at least as strong as the condemnation of them, as outraging God's law, and connected with sensual or bloody rites. (See, for example, the utter scorn of <a href="/context/isaiah/44-9.htm" title="They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>; <a href="/context/psalms/115-4.htm" title="Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.">Psalm 115:4-8</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - For [אֶל corresponds with the עַל of ver. 7 = propter; cf. <a href="/1_kings/14-5.htm">1 Kings 14:5</a>; <a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">1 Kings 21:22</a>] all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger [the formula of <a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm">1 Kings 15:30</a>, etc.] with their vanities. [The calves, not idols, are referred to here. Cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4</a>. The same idea is embodied in the word Bethaven; <a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/5-8.htm">Hosea 5:8</a>.] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/16-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>This happened because of אֶ֚ל (’el) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the sins חַטֹּ֣אות (ḥaṭ·ṭō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender Baasha בַּעְשָׁ֔א (ba‘·šā) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1201.htm">Strong's 1201: </a> Baasha -- a king of Israel [and] וְחַטֹּ֖אות (wə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender his son בְנ֑וֹ (ḇə·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son Elah אֵלָ֣ה (’ê·lāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_425.htm">Strong's 425: </a> Elah -- 'terebinth', an Israelite name, also an Edomite name had committed חָטְא֗וּ (ḥā·ṭə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn and had caused Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc to commit, הֶחֱטִ֙יאוּ֙ (he·ḥĕ·ṭî·’ū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn provoking לְהַכְעִ֗יס (lə·haḵ·‘îs) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3707.htm">Strong's 3707: </a> To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant the LORD, יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, {to anger} יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc with their worthless idols. בְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃ (bə·haḇ·lê·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1892.htm">Strong's 1892: </a> Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-13.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 16:13 For all the sins of Baasha (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/16-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 16:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/16-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 16:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>