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1 Kings 22:53

For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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In the Hebrew text this line is 1 Kings 22:54.

וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙vayaavodand keep in bondageעָבַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and keep in bondage”, the next action in the storyH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַבַּ֔עַלhabaalthe Baalבַּעַלdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Baal”H1168Baal, a Phoenician deityBaal, (plural) Baalim.וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הvayishtachavehand crouchשָׁחָהconjunction, verb, hishtaphel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and crouch”, the next action in the storyH7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.ל֑וֹlvotoל֑וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toוַיַּכְעֵ֗סvayakhesand be angryכַּעַסconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be angry”, the next action in the storyH3707to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignantbe angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יְהוָה֙yehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֱלֹהֵ֣יeloheGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.כְּכֹ֥לkekholas allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as all”, the ordinary formH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עָשָׂ֖הasahdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…אָבִֽיוavivfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(22-54) And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

Young’s Literal Translation

and serveth the Baal, and boweth himself to it, and provoketh Jehovah, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

World English Bible

He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways that his father had done so.

Darby Translation

And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked Jehovah the God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.

Douay-Rheims

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(22-54) And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he served Baalim, and worshipped them, and provoked the Lord God of Israel, according to all that had been done before him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐδούλευσε τοῖς Βααλὶμ καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ παρώργισε τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν Ἰσραὴλ, κατὰ πάντα τὰ γενόμενα ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.