1 Kings 16:33
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Kings 16:33 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Kings 16:33 is a verse from the book of 1 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that we..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Kings 16:33 — KJV
“And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.”
— 1 Kings 16:33 (KJV)
1 Kings 16:33 in Context — About the Book of 1 Kings
1 Kings moves from Solomon's golden age — the temple, legendary wisdom, unmatched wealth — to a kingdom torn in two by pride and idolatry. Elijah bursts in with fire from heaven on Mount Carmel, proving the Lord alone is God. Wisdom sought and wisdom squandered frame the whole book.
Cross-References for 1 Kings 16:33
“And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 16:33: made, provoke, lord
“Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 16:33: made, provoke, lord
“For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 16:33: made, provoke, lord
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 16:33: made, more, lord
“And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 16:33: more, lord, israel
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