For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
and serveth the Baal, and boweth himself to it, and provoketh Jehovah, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked Jehovah theGod of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
- Date
- Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile