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1 Kings 15:30 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 15 · verse 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 Kings 15:30 · King James Version
1 Kings 15:30 in context
28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
29And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
30Because 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.
31Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
32And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- provocationkaʻaçvexationH3708 →
- JeroboamYârobʻâmJarobam, the name of two Israelite kingsH3379 →
- sinnedchâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- angerkaʻaçto troubleH3707 →
- sinschaṭṭâʼâhan offence , and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiationH2403 →
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We are now to take a view of the miserable state of Israel, while the kingdom of Judah was happy under Asa's good government. It was threatened that they should be as a reed shaken in the water (Kg1 14:15), and so they were, when, during the single reign of Asa, the government of their kingdom was in six or seven…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-34