1 Kings 15:30

“because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and with which he made Israel sin, by his provocation with which he provoked to anger YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.”

1 Kings 15:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 15:30, word by word

the sinsחַטֹּאותchatovt

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

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of Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםyaravam

Jeroboam

Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).

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he sinnedחָטָאchata

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

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he made Israel sinיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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by his provocationכַעְסchas

provocation

What makes someone angry, above all what enrages God.

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he provoked to angerהִכְעִיסhichis

provoke

To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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The context

29And it happened, as soon as he reigned, that he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave to Jeroboam any breathing thing until he had destroyed it, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

30 · This verse (above)

31The rest of the deeds of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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