1 Kings 15:26

26 He was openly evil before God - he followed in the footsteps of his father who both sinned and made Israel sin.

1 Kings 15:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:26

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord
Committed idolatry, than which nothing is a greater evil in his sight:

and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made
Israel to sin:
in making and worshipping of golden calves.

1 Kings 15:26 In-Context

24 Then Asa died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jehoshaphat became king after him.

25 Nadab son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa's rule in Judah. He was king of Israel two years.

26 He was openly evil before God - he followed in the footsteps of his father who both sinned and made Israel sin.

27 Baasha son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar ganged up on him and attacked him at the Philistine town of Gibbethon while Nadab and the Israelites were doing battle there.

28 Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and became Israel's next king.