What does 1 Kings 22:53 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done."
CHAPTER 22 THE DEATH OF AHAB _ 1. Jehoshaphat and Ahab (1 Kings 22:1)_ 2. The prophet Micaiah (1 Kings 22:13) 3. The battle and Ahab's death (1 Kings 22:29) 4. Jehoshaphat of Judah (1 Kings 22:41;...
_for_[R.V. AND] _he served Baal_ This is an additional count in his wickedness, not an explanation of what is contained in the verse before. Hence the change. The LXX., instead of -according to all th...
III. FAITHLESS AHAZIAH AND FEARLESS ELIJAH 1 Kings 22:52, 2 Kings 1:18 The last public, i.e., official, prophetic appearance of Elijah occurred during the brief reign of Ahaziah the son of Ahab. Afte...
AHAB AND MICAIAH. AHAB'S DEATH AT RAMOTH-GLLEAD. REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT, KING OF JUDAH 1. Three years] probably calculated from the peace described in 1 Kings 20:34....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 THE *PROPHET MICAIAH V1 There was peace between Syria and *Israel for almost three years. V2 In the third year Jehoshaphat, king of *J...
_[1 Kings 22:54]_ וַֽ יַּעֲבֹד֙ אֶת ־הַ בַּ֔עַל וַ יִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה לֹ֑ו וַ יַּכְעֵ֗ס אֶת ־יְהוָה֙...
“BROKEN SHIPS” 1 Kings 22:41 Further details of Jehoshaphat's good reign are given in 2 Chronicles 17:1; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Chronicles 19:1; 2 Chronicles 20:1. He made strenuous efforts to rid the...
The final movement in the downfall of Ahab is here chronicled. Jehoshaphat visited Ahab, who suggested the alliance against the king of Syria. Jehoshaphat suggested an appeal to Jehovah. Ahab produced...
(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,...
The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
The last chapter presents another element of this history, namely, the guilty alliances which were formed between the royal families of Israel and Judah. Both of them prosperous at this period, they s...
FOR HE SERVED BAAL, AND WORSHIPPED HIM,.... That is, Ahaziah served him, as his father had done, and his mother still did: AND PROVOKED TO ANGER THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HIS FATH...
For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. Ver. 53. _According to all, &c._] An ill egg of an ill bird, as they s...
1 Ahab seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slaine at Ramoth Gilead. 37 The dogges licke vp his blood, and Ahaziah succeedeth him. 41 Iehoshaphats good reigne, 45 his act...
JEHOSHAPHAT IN JUDAH, AHAZIAH IN ISREAL...
AHAB WARNED BUT DETERMINED (vs.1-28) Three years later the show of repentance on Ahab's part had worn off. There had been no war between Israel and Syria, but rather than leaving matters as they wer...
51-53 Ahaziah's reign was very short, not two years; some sinners God makes quick work with. A very bad character is given of him; he listened not to instruction, took no warning, but followed the exa...
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1 Kings 22:53 served H5647 (H8799) Baal H1168 worshiped H7812 (H8691) provoked H3707 LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 anger H3707 (H8686) father H1 done H6213 (H8804) he served Baal - 1 Kings 16:31;...
THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH KING OF ISRAEL C. 853-852 BC (1 KINGS 22:51 - 2 KINGS 1:18). Ahaziah, Ahab's son and king of Israel, only had a short reign of a few months (two part years) but he amply succeede...
CONTENTS: Alliance of Ahab and Jehosophat. Ahab's ultimate defeat. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoshaphat, Ahab, Micaiah, Zedekiah, Syrian king, false prophets, Ahaziah. CONCLUSION: He who joins himself in af...
1 Kings 22:2. _Jehoshaphat_ had married his son Jehoram to Athaliah, daughter of Jezebel; probably from the idea that the connection would prevent internal war for the future: oh fatal mistake! 1 Kin...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:41 Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah. Both Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah have already appeared in 1 Kings 1:1 as characters in Ahab’s story. They are, respectively, his comrade-in-arms and...
_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 22:51_ THE POWER OF EVIL TO PERPETUATE ITSELF I. THAT EVIL PERPETUATES ITSELF BY THE FORCE OF PARENTAL TRAINING AND EXAMPLE (1 Kings 22:52). Ahaziah was cursed with a wicked an...
EXPOSITION THE EXPEDITION OF AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT AGAINST HRAMOTH-GILEAD. THE DEATH OF AHAB. THE REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH. 1 KINGS 22:1 AND THEY CONTINUED [rather, _rested_._ _Heb. _sate_,...
So they went for three years without war between Syria and Israel. And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat who was the king of the southern tribes Judah, he came up to visit Ahab. And...
1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 16:7; 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 3:2; Ezekiel 18:14; Ezekiel 8:3; Isaiah 65:3; Judges 2:1; Psalms 106:29...
His father, &c. — Most unhappy parents, that thus help to damn their own children's souls!...