King James Version
1 Kings 15:26 in the King James Version says “And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel t...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.”
1 Kings 15:26 · KJV
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. began: Heb. reigned
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
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“in the sight”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“of his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“and in his sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“to sin”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“wherewith he made Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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