1Ki 16:2 | NETfull | STEP | “I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

1 Kings 16:2

2 “I raised you up ^{▼▼ The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2–3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.} from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ^{▼▼ Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”} and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ^{▼▼ Heb “angering me by their sins.”}