Verse 2

1 Kings 16:2

Literal Standard Version

2 “Because that I have raised you up out of the dust, and appoint you leader over My people Israel, and you walk in the way of Jeroboam, and cause My people Israel to sin—to provoke Me to anger with their sins;
Original Language Text
hebrew
יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֲרִימֹתִ֨י/ךָ֙ מִן הֶ֣/עָפָ֔ר וָ/אֶתֶּנְ/ךָ֣ נָגִ֔יד עַ֖ל עַמִּ֣/י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/תֵּ֣לֶךְ בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֗ם וַֽ/תַּחֲטִא֙ אֶת עַמִּ֣/י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְ/הַכְעִיסֵ֖/נִי בְּ/חַטֹּאתָֽ/ם
English Translation
Because you have exalted yourself above the dust, and I have made you a leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their sins.
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Chapter 16 Context
1 And a word of YHWH is to Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying, Focus ↗
2 “Because that I have raised you up out of the dust, and appoint you leader over My people Israel, an...
3 behold, I am putting away the posterity of Baasha, even the posterity of his house, and have given u... Focus ↗
4 the dogs eat him who dies of Baasha in a city, and the bird of the heavens eats him who dies of his... Focus ↗
5 And the rest of the matters of Baasha, and that which he did, and his might, are they not written on... Focus ↗
6 And Baasha lies with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigns in his stead. Focus ↗
7 And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet a word of YHWH has been concerning Baasha, an... Focus ↗
8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha has reigned over Israel in Tirzah,... Focus ↗
9 and his servant Zimri conspires against him (head of the half of the chariots) and he is in Tirzah d... Focus ↗
10 And Zimri comes in and strikes him, and puts him to death, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of... Focus ↗
11 and it comes to pass in his reigning, at his sitting on his throne, he has struck the whole house of... Focus ↗
12 And Zimri destroys the whole house of Baasha, according to the word of YHWH that He spoke concerning... Focus ↗
13 concerning all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of his son Elah, that they sinned, and that they cau... Focus ↗
14 And the rest of the matters of Elah and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the C... Focus ↗
15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri has reigned seven days in Tirzah; and the peo... Focus ↗
16 and the people who are encamping hear, saying, “Zimri has conspired, and also has struck the king”;... Focus ↗
17 And Omri goes up, and all Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they lay siege to Tirzah. Focus ↗
18 And it comes to pass, at Zimri’s seeing that the city has been captured, that he comes into a high p... Focus ↗
19 for his sins that he sinned, to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, to walk in the way of Jeroboam, and in... Focus ↗
20 and the rest of the matters of Zimri and his conspiracy that he made, are they not written on the sc... Focus ↗
21 Then the sons of Israel are parted into halves; half of the people have been after Tibni son of Gina... Focus ↗
22 and the people that are after Omri are stronger than the people that are after Tibni son of Ginath,... Focus ↗
23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri has reigned over Israel twelve years; he has rei... Focus ↗
24 and he buys the Mount of Samaria from Shemer with two talents of silver, and builds on the mountain,... Focus ↗
25 And Omri does evil in the eyes of YHWH, and does evil above all who are before him, Focus ↗
26 and walks in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin, to p... Focus ↗
27 And the rest of the matters of Omri that he did and his might that he exercised, are they not writte... Focus ↗
28 And Omri lies with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigns in his stead. Focus ↗
29 And Ahab son of Omri has reigned over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Aha... Focus ↗
30 and Ahab son of Omri does evil in the eyes of YHWH above all who are before him. Focus ↗
31 And it comes to pass, as if it had been trivial—his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat—tha... Focus ↗
32 and raises up an altar for Ba‘al in the house of the Ba‘al, which he built in Samaria; Focus ↗
33 and Ahab makes the Asherah, and Ahab adds to do so as to provoke YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, above... Focus ↗
34 In his days Hiel the Beth-Elite has built Jericho; he laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn,... Focus ↗