1-Kings - 15:26



26 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 15:26.

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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and goeth in the way of his father, and in his sin that he made Israel to sin.
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.
And he did what is evil in the sight of the Lord. And he walked in the ways of his father and in his sins, by which he caused Israel to sin.

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And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,.... Committed idolatry, than which nothing is a greater evil in his sight:
and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin: in making and worshipping of golden calves.

In his sin - In the worship of the calves which his father had made.

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