1 Kings 16:25
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New International Version (©2011)
But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD and sinned more than all those before him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But Omri did what was evil in the LORD's sight, even more than any of the kings before him.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did more evil than all who were before him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Omri did what was evil in the LORD's sight; he did more evil than all who were before him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Omri practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, doing far more evil than anyone who had reigned before him.

NET Bible (©2006)
Omri did more evil in the sight of the LORD than all who were before him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Omri did what the LORD considered evil. He did more evil things than all [the kings] before him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

American King James Version
But Omri worked evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

American Standard Version
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted wickedly above all that were before him.

Darby Bible Translation
And Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, and did worse than all that were before him.

English Revised Version
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

World English Bible
Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.

Young's Literal Translation
And Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who are before him,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:15-28 When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which God governs nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lessons from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, and massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has a controversy with the people for their sins; they are loudly called to repent and reform. Omri made himself infamous by his wickedness. Many wicked men have been men of might and renown; have built cities, and their names are found in history; but they have no name in the book of life.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 25. - But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him. [It has been thought that Micah 6:16 ("the statutes of Omri, etc.") points to a fresh departure from the Jewish faith; to the organization of the calf worship into a regular formal system, or to "measures for more competely isolating the people of Israel from the services of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem" (Kitto).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord,.... Openly and publicly, as if it were in defiance of him:

and did worse than all that were before him; taking no warning by the judgments inflicted on them, which aggravated his sins; and besides, he not only worshipped the calves, as the rest, and drew Israel by his example into the same, as they did, but he published edicts and decrees, obliging them to worship them, and forbidding them to go to Jerusalem, called "the statutes of Omri", Micah 6:16.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

25-27. But Omri wrought evil—The character of Omri's reign and his death are described in the stereotyped form used towards all the successors of Jeroboam in respect both to policy as well as time.

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Omri Reigns in Israel
…24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. 25But Omri worked evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. 26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. …

1 Kings 14:9 You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on me.
1 Kings 16:30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him.
Micah 6:16 You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab's house; you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations."