King James Version
1 Kings 15:34 in the King James Version says “And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to ...” — 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 Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.”
1 Kings 15:34 · KJV
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“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
“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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