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1 Kings 9:9

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9:9 Others will then answer, 1  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors 2  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 3  That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 16:31

Context
16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. 4 

1 tn Heb “and they will say.”

2 tn Heb “fathers.”

3 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

4 tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

sn The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.



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