1 Raja-raja 22:51-53

Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel

22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. ¹  He ruled for two years over Israel. 22:52 He did evil in the sight of ²  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ³  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ⁴  22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, ⁵  angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. ⁶ 

[22:51]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:52]  ² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:52]  ³ tn Or “way.”

[22:52]  ⁴ 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.”

[22:53]  ⁵ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[22:53]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”