53 He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.

Other Translations of 1 Kings 22:53

King James Version

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.

English Standard Version

53 He served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger in every way that his father had done.

The Message

53 Worshiping at the Baal shrines, he made God, the God of Israel, angry, oh, so angry. If anything, he was worse than his father.

New King James Version

53 for he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.

New Living Translation

53 He served Baal and worshiped him, provoking the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 22:53

Commentary on 1 Kings 22:51-53

(Read 1 Kings 22:51-53)

Ahaziah's reign was very short, not two years; some sinners God makes quick work with. A very bad character is given of him; he listened not to instruction, took no warning, but followed the example of his wicked father, and the counsel of his more wicked mother, Jezebel, who was still living. Miserable are the children who not only derive a sinful nature from their parents, but are taught by them to increase it; and most unhappy parents are they, that help to damn their children's souls. Hardened sinners rush forward, unawed and unmoved, in the ways from which others before them have been driven into everlasting misery.