1 Kings 15:26

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אָבִ֔יו וּבְ֨חַטָּאת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wayyaʿaś the-raʿ in-ʿênê YHWH wayyēlek in-derek ʾābîw and-in-ḥaṭṭāʾtô which heḥĕṭîʾ ʾet-Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿaś*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he did
• *raʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil
• *ʿênê*: noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *wayyēlek*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he walked
• *derek*: noun, masculine singular construct - way of
• *ʾābîw*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father
• *ḥaṭṭāʾtô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sin
• *heḥĕṭîʾ*: Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he caused to sin
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *wayyaʿaś* *raʿ*: did evil/acted wickedly
• *ʿênê* *YHWH*: in the eyes of YHWH/in the sight of YHWH
• *wayyēlek* in-*derek*: walked in the way/followed the pattern
• *heḥĕṭîʾ*: caused to sin/led into sin/made to sin

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 14:16 : 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
• 1 Kgs 15:30 : 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 Kgs 15:34 : 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 Kgs 12:28-33 : 28 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. 29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan. 31 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. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
• 1 Kgs 13:33-34 : 33 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. 34 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.
• Gen 20:9 : 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.
• Exod 32:21 : 21 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
• 1 Sam 2:24 : 24 Nay, my sons; for [it is] no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
• 1 Kgs 16:7 : 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.
• 1 Kgs 16:19 : 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.
• 1 Kgs 16:25-26 : 25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that [were] before him. 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
• 1 Kgs 16:30 : 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that [were] before him.
• 1 Kgs 21:22 : 22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked [me] to anger, and made Israel to sin.
• 1 Kgs 22:52 : 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:
• 2 Kgs 3:3 : 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
• 2 Kgs 21:11 : 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, [and] hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which [were] before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
• 2 Kgs 23:15 : 15 Moreover the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.
• Jer 32:35 : 35 And they built the high places of Baal, which [are] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
• Rom 14:15 : 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 Cor 8:10-13 : 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.