1 Kings 15 · Verse 34

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 15:34, King James Version

1 Kings 15:34 in other translations

BSBAnd Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam 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 Jeroboam, 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 Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
YLTand he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin.
DARBYAnd he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin where with he made Israel to sin.
BBEHe did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Israel do.
WebsterAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

What does 1 Kings 15:34 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Walked in the way of Jeroboam - The entail of iniquity cannot be cut off but by a thorough conversion of the soul to God; and of this, these bad kings seem to have had no adequate notion. The wicked followed the steps of the wicked, and became still more wicked; sin gathers strength by exercise and age.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 15:34 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
יָרָבְעָ֔םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
וּ֨בְחַטָּאת֔וֹu.ve.cha.ta.Toand in sin hisH2403
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
הֶחֱטִ֖יאhe.che.Ti'he caused to sinH2398
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \סYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for 1 Kings 15:34

  • 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 12:28-29

    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.

  • 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 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.

  • Isaiah 1:4

    Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he did evil.
26
walked.
26; 12:28,29; 13:33,34; 14:16; Isa 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 15:33

    In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

  • 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.

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1 Kings 15:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
E hizo lo malo á los ojos de Jehová, y anduvo en el camino de Jeroboam, y en su pecado 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 Jéroboam, 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 den Wegen Jerobeams und in seiner Sünde, wodurch er Israel sündigen gemacht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et fecit malum coram Domino, ambulavitque in via Jeroboam, et in peccatis ejus quibus peccare fecit Israël.