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1 Kings 15:26 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 26. 26And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Nadab repeats Jeroboam's way.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 15:25–26
Read 1 Kings 15:26 with 15:25–26. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Dates Nadab's accession and brief two-year northern reign; evaluates Nadab as continuing Jeroboam's way and public sin.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 15:26 depends on 15:25–26; isolating “And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Nadab repeats Jeroboam's way.”
Read 1 Kings 15:25–26 together
Why these verses belong together: Nadab repeats Jeroboam's way is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 15:25–15:26.
Verse 25. 25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
Verse 26. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 15:25–26 — Nadab repeats Jeroboam's waySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 15:25–26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 15:25–26
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