1 Kings 22:53

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
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Context

This verse from 1 Kings Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. Ahab and Jehoshaphat plan to retake Ramoth-gilead from Aram; four hundred court prophets predict success, but the prophet Micaiah—whom Ahab hates—sees Israel scattered and pronounces Ahab's doom. Micaiah describes a heavenly vision where God sends a lying spirit into the …

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Other Translations

ASV

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

YLT

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

BBE

He was a servant and worshipper of Baal, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath, as his father had done.

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