KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Kings 16:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 16
10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, [that] he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
13 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.
14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people [were] encamped against Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines.
16 And the people [that were] encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
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אֶ֚לH413 · elto(wards)כָּל־H3605 · kolallחַטֹּ֣אותH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinבַּעְשָׁ֔אH1201 · ba.sahBaashaוְחַטֹּ֖אותH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinאֵלָ֣הH425 · e.lahElahבְנ֑וֹH1121 · benson: childאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichחָטְא֗וּH2398 · cha.tato sinוַאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichהֶחֱטִ֙יאוּ֙H2398 · cha.tato sinאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלְהַכְעִ֗יסH3707 · ka.asto provokeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֥יH430 · e.lo.himGodיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃H1892 · he.velvanity
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 32:21They 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.1 Kings 15:30Because 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.Jeremiah 10:15They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.Isaiah 41:29Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.1 Samuel 12:21And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.Jeremiah 10:3-5For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.Jonah 2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.2 Kings 17:15And 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.Romans 1:21-23Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.1 Corinthians 8:4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.1 Corinthians 10:19-20What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
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