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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/22.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He served Baal and worshiped him, provoking the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger in every way that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />for he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So he served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So he served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So he served Baal and worshiped him and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He served Baal and worshiped him, and he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, in accordance with everything that his father [Ahab] had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He served Baal and bowed in worship to him. He angered the LORD God of Israel just as his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He served Baal and worshiped him. He provoked the LORD God of Israel just as his father had done. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Ahaziah worshiped Baal and made the LORD God of Israel very angry, just as his father had done. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ahaziah served Baal, worshiped him, and made the LORD God of Israel furious, as his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He worshiped and served Baal, and like his father before him, he aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He served Baal, worshipped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, in accordance with everything his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the LORD God of Israel just as his father had done. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger the LORD, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For he served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways that his father had done so. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and serves the Ba‘al, and bows himself to it, and provokes YHWH, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and serveth the Baal, and boweth himself to it, and provoketh Jehovah, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For he will serve Baal and worship to him, and he will irritate Jehovah the God of Israel according to all which his father did.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He served also Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the Lord the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 22:54> Also, he served Baal, and he adored him, and he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, in accord with all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He served Baal and worshiped him, thus provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He served Baal and worshiped him; he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For he served Baal and worshipped him and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he worshiped Baal and he bowed to him, and he provoked anger before LORD JEHOVAH God of Israel, as his father had done <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he served Baalim, and worshipped them, and provoked the Lord God of Israel, according to all that had been done before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/22-53.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=9259" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/22.htm">Ahaziah Reigns in Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">52</span>And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. <span class="reftext">53</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">Ahaziah served</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/7812.htm" title="7812: way·yiš·ta·ḥă·weh (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">and worshiped</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: hab·ba·‘al (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">Baal,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707: way·yaḵ·‘ês (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- 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/3605.htm" title="3605: kə·ḵōl (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">just as</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/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">had done.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/16-30.htm">1 Kings 16:30-33</a></span><br />However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. / And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal. / First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">2 Kings 1:2-4</a></span><br />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.” / But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’ / Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-2.htm">2 Kings 3:2-3</a></span><br />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. / Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-18.htm">2 Kings 10:18-28</a></span><br />Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot. / Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal. / And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16-18</a></span><br />They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. / So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3-6</a></span><br />For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-1.htm">2 Chronicles 28:1-4</a></span><br />Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD. / Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals. / Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3-6</a></span><br />For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a></span><br />because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Ezekiel 8:14-16</a></span><br />Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.” / So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Hosea 13:1-2</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a></span><br />No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-30.htm">Matthew 12:30</a></span><br />He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-13.htm">Luke 16:13</a></span><br />No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a></span><br />And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.</p><p class="hdg">he served Baal</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">1 Kings 16:31</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-1.htm">Judges 2:1-11</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">2 Kings 1:2</a></b></br> And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that <i>was</i> in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.</p><p class="hdg">provoked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm">1 Kings 16:7</a></b></br> And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-29.htm">Psalm 106:29</a></b></br> Thus they provoked <i>him</i> to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3</a></b></br> A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;</p><p class="hdg">according to all</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29</a></b></br> Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: <i>but</i> in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/18-14.htm">Ezekiel 18:14-18</a></b></br> Now, lo, <i>if</i> he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-18.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-18.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-53.htm">Boweth</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-52.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">Provoked</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-7.htm">Provoketh</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-40.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">Served</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-4.htm">Serveth</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-52.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">Worshiped</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">Worshipped</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Worshipper</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-2.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-37.htm">Boweth</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-11.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-15.htm">Provoked</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-25.htm">Provoketh</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-11.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-2.htm">Served</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-21.htm">Serveth</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-1.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">Worshiped</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Worshipped</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-21.htm">Worshipper</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-27.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-1.htm">Ahab, seduced by false prophets, by Michaiah's word, is slain at Ramoth Gilead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-37.htm">The dogs lick up his blood, and Ahaziah succeeds him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-41.htm">Jehoshaphat's good reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-45.htm">His acts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-46.htm">Jehoram succeeds him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">51. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-51.htm">Ahaziah's evil reign</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal</b><br>Ahaziah, the son of Ahab and Jezebel, continued the idolatrous practices of his parents by serving Baal, a Canaanite deity associated with fertility and storms. This reflects the deep influence of Jezebel, who was a Phoenician princess and a fervent worshiper of Baal. The worship of Baal was a direct violation of the first commandment, which forbids the worship of other gods (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). This idolatry was a significant issue in Israel, leading to spiritual and moral decline. The prophets, including Elijah and Elisha, were sent by God to confront this apostasy and call the people back to the worship of Yahweh.<p><b>provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger</b><br>The phrase indicates that Ahaziah's actions were not just personal failings but were seen as a direct affront to God. In the covenant relationship between God and Israel, idolatry was considered spiritual adultery. The anger of the LORD is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often resulting in judgment or disaster for the people. This divine anger is not capricious but is a response to the breach of covenant and the turning away from the true God. The prophets often warned of the consequences of such actions, emphasizing the need for repentance and return to God.<p><b>just as his father had done</b><br>Ahaziah's behavior is directly linked to that of his father, Ahab, who is described in the Bible as one of the most wicked kings of Israel. Ahab's reign was marked by the promotion of Baal worship, largely due to the influence of his wife, Jezebel. This phrase highlights the generational impact of sin and the failure to break away from the sinful patterns of one's predecessors. It serves as a reminder of the importance of godly leadership and the influence it can have on a nation. The narrative of Ahab and his descendants underscores the biblical principle that the sins of the fathers can affect subsequent generations, though each individual is responsible for their own actions (<a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Ezekiel 18:20</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/ahaziah.htm">Ahaziah</a></b><br>The king of Israel who followed in the sinful footsteps of his father, Ahab, by serving and worshiping Baal, a Canaanite deity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/baal.htm">Baal</a></b><br>A false god worshiped in various forms across the ancient Near East, often associated with fertility and storms. Worship of Baal was a direct violation of the first commandment given to Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord,_the_god_of_israel.htm">The LORD, the God of Israel</a></b><br>The one true God who had established a covenant with Israel, demanding exclusive worship and obedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab</a></b><br>The father of Ahaziah, known for his idolatry and leading Israel into sin, particularly through his marriage to Jezebel, who promoted Baal worship.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, often led astray by its kings into idolatry, despite being chosen by God to be a holy nation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can be anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must examine our hearts for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_influence.htm">Generational Influence</a></b><br>The actions and beliefs of parents can significantly influence their children. It is crucial to set a godly example for future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/provoking_god.htm">Provoking God</a></b><br>Disobedience and idolatry provoke God's righteous anger. We must strive to live in a way that honors Him and aligns with His commandments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Despite past sins, God offers forgiveness and restoration to those who turn back to Him. We should seek repentance and renewal in our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a></b><br>In a world full of distractions and false gods, remaining faithful to the one true God is essential for a life that pleases Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_protoevangelium_of_james.htm">Who was Micaiah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_jezebel's_life_and_legacy.htm">What events define Jezebel's life and legacy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ahaziah's_age_when_he_began_to_rule.htm">How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem? Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ahaziah's_baal-zebub_query_match_history.htm">In 2 Kings 1, how does the portrayal of Ahaziah seeking Baal-zebub's counsel align or conflict with historical records of neighboring religious practices?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 53.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For he served Baal, and</span> <span class="cmt_word">worshipped him, and provoked to anger</span> [or <span class="accented">vexed</span>] <span class="cmt_word">the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.</span> [The termination of this book at this point could hardly be more arbitrary if it had been made by accident. These verses are closely connected with 2 Kings ch. 1. The division here obscures the connexion between the sin of Ahaziah and the judgments which it provoked.] <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/22-53.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[Ahaziah] served</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and worshiped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·ta·ḥă·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> </span><span class="str2">To depress, prostrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Baal,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֔עַל</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baal -- a heathen god</span><br /><br /><span class="word">provoking</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּכְעֵ֗ס</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaḵ·‘ês)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3707.htm">Strong's 3707: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel, {to anger},</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just as</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּכֹ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his father</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had done.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָׂ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/22-53.htm">1 Kings 22:53 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/22-53.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 22:53 He served Baal and worshiped him (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/22-52.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 22:52"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 22:52" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/1-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 1:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 1:1" /></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>