Study it in the app“And it happened, as if it were a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיas if it were a light thingהֲנָקֵלfor him to walkלֶכְתּוֹin the sinsבְּחַטֹּאותof Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםsonבֶּןof Nebat,נְבָטthat he tookוַיִּקַּחas wifeאִשָּׁהJezebelאִיזֶבֶלdaughterבַּתof Ethbaalאֶתְבַּעַלkingמֶלֶךְof the Sidonians,צִידֹנִיםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְand servedוַיַּעֲבֹדBaalהַבַּעַלand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּto him.לוֹ
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsdespise
To count something or someone as little, as a thing without weight.
Where else “nakel” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lecht” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatovt” appearsJeroboam
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).
Where else “yaravam” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsNebat
Nebat: father of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern tribes. He almost always appears in the phrase "Jeroboam son of Nebat."
Where else “nevat” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appearsJezebel
Jezebel: a name of uncertain meaning. She is the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and wife of King Ahab, who promoted the worship of Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of YHWH.
Where else “izevel” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsEthbaal
Ethbaal: a Phoenician name meaning "with Baal." He is the king of the Sidonians, father of Jezebel (1 Kings 16:31).
Where else “etbaal” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsSidonian
Sidonian: an inhabitant of Sidon, a city on the coast north of Israel.
Where else “tsidonim” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavod” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachu” appears“Baal” means “lord, owner.” It was the name of the god of storm and rain whom the Canaanites and the Phoenicians of Sidon and Tyre worshiped.
30Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH more than all who were before him.
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32He set up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal that he built in Samaria.
