Bible Strands
1 Kings 16:19
because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the official cause of King Elah’s assassination and the transfer of power, immediately following Zimri’s suicide in the captured royal citadel.
The words — חַטֹּאתָיו (cha.ta.to/v) = his sins and חָטָא (cha.Ta') = he sinned anchor the clause, establishing the legal and theological basis for the regime change.
The thread — This formula recurs in 1 Kings 14:16 and 1 Kings 15:26, where the same phrase condemns Jeroboam’s idolatry and its replication by subsequent northern kings.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize that political treason and royal apostasy are treated as a single category of offense, judged by the standard of Jeroboam’s established sin.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
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 12:28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
- 1 Kings 14:16 So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
- 1 Kings 15:34 And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 16:7 Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 16:13 This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
- Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Psalms 58:9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.