Verse 33

1 Kings 16:33

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33 And Ahab made an image of Asherah and did more than all the kings of Israel before him to make the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, angry.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ אַחְאָ֖ב אֶת הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וַ/יּ֨וֹסֶף אַחְאָ֜ב לַ/עֲשׂ֗וֹת לְ/הַכְעִיס֙ אֶת יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִ/כֹּ֨ל מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֖וּ לְ/פָנָֽי/ו

English Translation

And Ahab made the Asherah, and Ahab continued to provoke the LORD God of Israel more than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

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Chapter 16 Context

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jehu, son of Hanani, protesting against Baasha and saying, Focus ↗

2 Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone i... Focus ↗

3 Truly, I will see that Baasha and all his family are completely brushed away; I will make your famil... Focus ↗

4 Anyone of the family of Baasha who comes to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and he... Focus ↗

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his power, are they not recorded in the boo... Focus ↗

6 And Baasha went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth at Tirzah; and Elah his son bec... Focus ↗

7 And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son o... Focus ↗

8 In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel... Focus ↗

9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his war-carriages, made secret designs against him: now he wa... Focus ↗

10 And Zimri went in and made an attack on him and put him to death, in the twenty-seventh year that As... Focus ↗

11 And straight away when he became king and took his place on the seat of the kingdom, he put to death... Focus ↗

12 So Zimri put to death all the family of Baasha, so that the word which the Lord said against him by... Focus ↗

13 Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do,... Focus ↗

14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history o... Focus ↗

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, Zimri was king for seven days in Tirzah. Now the p... Focus ↗

16 And news came to the people in the tents that Zimri had made a secret design and had put the king to... Focus ↗

17 Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they made an attack on Tirzah, sh... Focus ↗

18 And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and bur... Focus ↗

19 Because of his sin in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, in going in the way of Jeroboam and in his... Focus ↗

20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book... Focus ↗

21 Then there was a division among the people of Israel; half the people were for making Tibni, son of... Focus ↗

22 But the supporters of Omri overcame those who were on the side of Tibni, the son of Ginath; and deat... Focus ↗

23 In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and he was king for tw... Focus ↗

24 He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there... Focus ↗

25 And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him, Focus ↗

26 Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do,... Focus ↗

27 Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of t... Focus ↗

28 So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son becam... Focus ↗

29 In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel... Focus ↗

30 And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him... Focus ↗

31 And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as... Focus ↗

32 And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria. Focus ↗

33 And Ahab made an image of Asherah and did more than all the kings of Israel before him to make the L...

34 In his days Hiel made Jericho; he put its base in position at the price of Abiram, his oldest son, a... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 16 (34 verses)
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