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And it came to pass, θas if it had been a lightv thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wifew Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidoniansx, and wenty and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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was it a light thing?

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Ezek. 8:17• ¹⁷Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, Ο son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. (Ezek. 8:17)

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Ezek. 16:47• ⁴⁷Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. (Ezek. 16:47)

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Deut. 7:3• ³And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son; (Deut. 7:3)

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Josh. 23:12‑13• ¹²For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you:
¹³know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these nations from before you, and they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you. (Josh. 23:12‑13)

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Judg. 18:7• ⁷And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put them to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with any man. (Judg. 18:7)

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1 Kings 21:25‑26• ²⁵(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on.
²⁶And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel.) (1 Kings 21:25‑26)

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2 Kings 10:18• ¹⁸And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little: Jehu will serve him much. (2 Kings 10:18)

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2 Kings 17:16• ¹⁶And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal; (2 Kings 17:16)

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Nebat,

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Worship,

Zidonians; Sidonians

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as if it had been a light thing.

Heb. was it a light thing.

Gen. 30:15• ¹⁵And she said to her, Is it little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. (Gen. 30:15)

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Num. 16:9• ⁹Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? (Num. 16:9)

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Isa. 7:13• ¹³And he said, Hear then, house of David. [Is it] a small matter for you to weary men, that ye weary also my God? (Isa. 7:13)

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Ezek. 8:17• ¹⁷Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, Ο son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. (Ezek. 8:17)

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Ezek. 16:20,47• ²⁰Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
⁴⁷Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. (Ezek. 16:20,47)

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Ezek. 34:18• ¹⁸Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? (Ezek. 34:18)

took to wife.

Gen. 6:2• ²that the sons of God saw the daughters of mankind that they [were] fair and they took to them wives of all that they chose. (Gen. 6:2)

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Deut. 7:3‑4• ³And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;
⁴for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly. (Deut. 7:3‑4)

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Josh. 23:12‑13• ¹²For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you:
¹³know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these nations from before you, and they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you. (Josh. 23:12‑13)

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Neh. 13:23‑29• ²³In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.
²⁴And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
²⁵And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
²⁶Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; but even him did foreign wives cause to sin.
²⁷And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?
²⁸And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, therefore I chased him from me.
²⁹Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites! (Neh. 13:23‑29)

Jezebel.

1 Kings 18:4,19• ⁴and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water);
¹⁹Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. (1 Kings 18:4,19)

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1 Kings 19:1‑2• ¹And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
²Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. (1 Kings 19:1‑2)

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1 Kings 21:5‑14,25• ⁵And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread?
⁶And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jizreelite and said to him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee a vineyard for it; and he said, I will not give thee my vineyard.
⁷And Jezebel his wife said to him, Dost thou now exercise sovereignty over Israel? arise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite.
⁸And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
⁹And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
¹⁰and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
¹¹And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
¹²they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
¹³And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
¹⁴And they sent to Jezebel saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
²⁵(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on. (1 Kings 21:5‑14,25)

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2 Kings 9:30‑37• ³⁰And Jehu came to Jizreel; and Jezebel heard of it, and she put paint to her eyes, and decked her head, and looked out at the window.
³¹And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace who slew his master?
³²And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And two or three chamberlains looked out to him.
³³And he said, Throw her down! And they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses; and he trampled on her.
³⁴And he came in, and ate and drank; and he said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.
³⁵And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
³⁶And they came back and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;
³⁷and the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. (2 Kings 9:30‑37)

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Rev. 2:20• ²⁰But I have against thee that thou lettest alone the woman Jezebel that calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and deceiveth my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols. (Rev. 2:20)

the Zidonians.

1 Kings 11:1• ¹But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; (1 Kings 11:1)

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Judg. 10:12• ¹²The Zidonians also, and Amalek and Maon oppressed you, and ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand. (Judg. 10:12)

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Judg. 18:7• ⁷And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put them to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with any man. (Judg. 18:7)

and went.

1 Kings 11:4‑8• ⁴For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
⁵For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
⁶And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.
⁷Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
⁸And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. (1 Kings 11:4‑8)

served Baal.

1 Kings 21:25‑26• ²⁵(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on.
²⁶And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel.) (1 Kings 21:25‑26)

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Judg. 2:11• ¹¹And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals. (Judg. 2:11)

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Judg. 3:7• ⁷And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs. (Judg. 3:7)

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Judg. 10:6• ⁶And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals, and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not. (Judg. 10:6)

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2 Kings 10:18• ¹⁸And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little: Jehu will serve him much. (2 Kings 10:18)

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2 Kings 17:16• ¹⁶And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal; (2 Kings 17:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass, as if it was a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshipped him.

W. Kelly Translation

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And it came to pass, as if it was a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshipped him.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)