1 Kings 16:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;”
1 Kings 16:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 16:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 16:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Because I exalted you out of the dust and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins,”
1 Kings 16:2 — World English Bible
1 Kings 16:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; ”
1 Kings 16:2 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 16:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Because that I have raised thee up out of the dust, and appoint thee leader over My people Israel, and thou walkest in the way of Jeroboam, and causest My people Israel to sin--to provoke Me to anger with their sins;”
1 Kings 16:2 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 16:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins; ”
1 Kings 16:2 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 16:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee captaine ouer my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Ieroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sinne, to prouoke me with their sinnes,”
1 Kings 16:2 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 16:2 in Context — 1 Kings 16
1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
What Does 1 Kings 16:2 Mean?
1 Kings 16:2 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 16. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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