1 Kings 22:53 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. ”

1 Kings 22:53 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 22:53 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 22:53 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways that his father had done so.”

1 Kings 22:53 — World English Bible

1 Kings 22:53 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. ”

1 Kings 22:53 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 22:53 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and serveth the Baal, and boweth himself to it, and provoketh Jehovah, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.”

1 Kings 22:53 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 22:53 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked Jehovah theGod of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done. ”

1 Kings 22:53 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 22:53 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For he serued Baal and worshipped him, and prouoked the Lord God of Israel vnto wrath, according vnto all that his father had done. ”

1 Kings 22:53 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 22:53 in Context — 1 Kings 22

51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

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:

53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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What Does 1 Kings 22:53 Mean?

1 Kings 22:53 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 22. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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