1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ¹  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ²  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ³ 

1 Kings 16:19

16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of ⁴  the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. ⁵ 

1 Kings 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ⁷  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ⁸ 

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¹ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

³ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁵ tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”

⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁷ tn Or “way.”

⁸ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”