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1 Kings 21:22

And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

KJV

Et dabo domum tuam sicut domum Jeroboam filii Nabat, et sicut domum Baasa filii Ahia : quia egisti ut me ad iracundiam provocares, et peccare fecisti Israël.

Vulgate

καὶ προσῆλθεν ὁ προφήτης πρὸς βασιλέα Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν Κραταιοῦ καὶ γνῶθι καὶ ἴδε τί ποιήσεις, ὅτι ἐπιστρέφοντος τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ υἱὸς Ἁδὲρ βασιλεὺς Συρίας ἀναβαίνει ἐπὶ σέ.

LXX

and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and hast made Israel to sin.

ASV

וְ/נָתַתִּ֣י אֶת בֵּיתְ/ךָ֗ כְּ/בֵית֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן נְבָ֔ט וּ/כְ/בֵ֖ית בַּעְשָׁ֣א בֶן אֲחִיָּ֑ה אֶל הַ/כַּ֨עַס֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכְעַ֔סְתָּ וַֽ/תַּחֲטִ֖א אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JeroboamBaashaJeroboam II

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחִיָּ֣ה
'chyh
proper_noun · 24×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּעְשָׁ֔א
b'sh'
proper_noun · 28×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יָרָבְעָ֖ם
yrb'm
proper_noun · 104×
כַּ֣עַס
k's
noun · 25×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נְבָ֔ט
nbt
proper_noun · 25×
נִי
ny
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 14:16 — And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
  • 1Kgs 16:3 — Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
  • 1Kgs 16:11 — And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of hi
  • 2Kgs 9:9 — And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: