1 Kings 15 · Verse 26

1 Kings 15:26

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Kings 15:26, King James Version

1 Kings 15:26 in other translations

BSBAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
WEBHe did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
ASVAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
YLTand doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and goeth in the way of his father, and in his sin that he made Israel to sin.
DARBYAnd he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel sin.
BBEHe did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.
WebsterAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

What does 1 Kings 15:26 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 15:25-34

During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Observe the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground. Divine threatenings are not designed merely to terrify. Ungodly men execute the just judgments of God upon each other. But in the midst of dreadful sins and this apparent confusion, the Lord carries on his own plan: when it is…

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1 Kings 15:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213
הָרַ֖עha.Ra'the evilH7451
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙vai.Ye.lekhand he walkedH1980
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhin [the] way ofH1870
אָבִ֔יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
וּ֨בְחַטָּאת֔וֹu.ve.cha.ta.Toand in sin hisH2403
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
הֶחֱטִ֖יאhe.che.Ti'he caused to sinH2398
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for 1 Kings 15:26

  • 1 Kings 14:16

    And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kings 15:34

    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 15:30

    Because 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.

  • 1 Kings 12:28-33

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. …

  • 1 Kings 13:33-34

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

  • Genesis 20:9

    Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

  • 1 Kings 16:7

    And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

  • Romans 14:15

    But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

  • 1 Samuel 2:24

    Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.

  • 1 Kings 22:52

    And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

  • 1 Kings 16:19

    For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.

  • Exodus 32:21

    And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he did evil.
16:7,25,30
walked.
12:28-33; 13:33,34
in his sin.
30,34; 14:16; 16:19,26; 21:22; 22:52; Ge 20:9; Ex 32:21
1Sa 2:24; 2Ki 3:3; 21:11; 23:15; Jer 32:35; Ro 14:15; 1Co 8:10-13

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Context

  • 1 Kings 15:25

    And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

  • 1 Kings 15:26

    And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kings 15:27

    And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

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1 Kings 15:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
E hizo lo malo ante los ojos de Jehová, andando en el camino de su padre, y en sus pecados con que hizo pecar á Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel, et marcha dans la voie de son père et dans son péché par lequel il avait fait pécher Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er tat, was böse war in den Augen Jehovas, und wandelte auf dem Wege seines Vaters und in seiner Sünde, wodurch er Israel sündigen gemacht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et fecit quod malum est in conspectu Domini, et ambulavit in viis patris sui, et in peccatis ejus quibus peccare fecit Israël.