1 Kings 16:31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.1 Kings 16:31 in the real world
In what words
- אֶתְבַּעַלʼEthbaʻalEthbaal, a Phoenician king
- צִידֹנִיTsîydônîya Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon
- אִיזֶבֶלʼÎyzebelIzebel, the wife of king Ahab
- נְבָטNᵉbâṭNebat, the father of Jeroboam I
- בַּעַלBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deity
- קָלַלqâlalto be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (ea
- יָרׇבְעָםYârobʻâmJarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
- שָׁחָהshâchâhto depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The bronze gates of BalawatNamed outside the BibleTyre and Sidon were paying tribute to Assyria in the ninth century BC, pictured and named by the king who took it.