1 Kings 21:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּתְעֵ֣ב מְאֹ֔ד לָלֶ֖כֶת אַחֲרֵ֣י הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹרִ֣ישׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס

Transliteration

wa-yatʿēb very to-walk after the-gillulîm, like-all that ʿāśû the-ʾĕmōrî whom hôrîš YHWH from-before bənê yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yatʿēb*: conjunction + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine, Hiphil - and he acted abominably
• *gillulîm*: noun, masculine plural - idols/dung idols
• *ʿāśû*: perfect, 3rd plural masculine, Qal - they did
• *ʾĕmōrî*: gentilic noun, masculine singular - Amorite
• *hôrîš*: perfect, 3rd singular masculine, Hiphil - he dispossessed
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel

Word Meanings

• *wa-yatʿēb*: he acted abominably/he did abominations
• *gillulîm*: idols/dung idols/detestable things
• *hôrîš*: dispossessed/drove out

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He acted in the most detestable way by following idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he did very{H3966} abominably{H8581} in following{H3212} idols,{H1544} according to all that the Amorites{H567} did,{H6213} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.){H3478}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he did very{H3966} abominably{H8581}{(H8686)} in following{H3212}{(H8800)}{H310} idols{H1544}, according to all things as did{H6213}{(H8804)} the Amorites{H567}, whom the LORD{H3068} cast out{H3423}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and he maketh him selfe a greate abhominacion, that he goeth after Idols, acordige vnto all as dyd the Amorites, whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he did exceeding abominably in following idoles, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He dyd exceeding abhominablie in folowing foule idols, according to all thinges as dyd the Ammorites whom the Lorde cast out before the children of Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all [things] as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.)

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.)

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.)

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)

• World English Bible (2000)

  He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.)

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 21:11 : 11 'Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done more wickedly than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols:
• Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
• Lev 18:25-30 : 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I visit the iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants. 26 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger who sojourns among you: 27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled; 28 That the land not spew you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you. 29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, that you do not commit any of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.
• Lev 20:22-23 : 22 You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my judgments, and do them: that the land where I bring you to dwell does not vomit you out. 23 And you shall not walk in the manners of the nation which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
• Deut 12:31 : 31 You shall not do so to the LORD your God, for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they have even burned their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
• 1 Kgs 15:12 : 12 He took away the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• 2 Kgs 16:3 : 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 17:12 : 12 For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.
• 2 Kgs 21:2 : 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
• 2 Chr 15:8 : 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 33:2 : 2 But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
• 2 Chr 33:9 : 9 So Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do worse than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
• 2 Chr 36:14 : 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem.
• Ezra 9:11-14 : 11 Which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, The land unto which you go to possess it is an unclean land with the filthiness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth forever, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever. 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such deliverance as this; 14 Should we again break Your commandments and join in affinity with the peoples of these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant or escaping?
• Ps 106:35-39 : 35 But they were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols, which were a snare to them. 37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus they were defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own inventions.
• Isa 65:4 : 4 Who sit among the graves, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
• Jer 16:18 : 18 And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled my land; they have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things.
• Jer 44:4 : 4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.
• Ezek 16:47 : 47 Yet you have not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, you were corrupted more than they in all your ways.
• Ezek 18:12 : 12 Has oppressed the poor and needy, has spoiled by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
• 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.