Bible Strands
1 Kings 15:30
because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator explains the explicit cause for Baasha’s eradication of Jeroboam’s lineage, situating the event within the fulfillment of a prior prophetic decree.
The words — הֶחֱטִיא (he.che.Ti') translates literally as "he caused to sin," denoting the leader’s active role in directing others toward transgression. חַטֹּאות (cha.Tot) means "sins," specifying the concrete moral failures that triggered the judgment.
The thread — The text links this dynamic to 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 14:9, and 1 Kings 14:22, where royal idolatry and the deliberate provocation of the LORD repeatedly precede national or dynastic collapse.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to identify the stated mechanism of judgment: institutionalized sin by leadership directly provokes divine anger and produces historical consequences, demanding a clear cause-and-effect reading of the narrative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- 1 Kings 14:9 You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
- 1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.