1 Kings 16:30
◄  1 Kings 16:30  ►
New International Version (©2011)
Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him.

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

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

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

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

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

International Standard Version (©2012)
Omri's son Ahab practiced more of what the LORD considered to be evil than anyone who had lived before him.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Ahab, son of Omri, did what the LORD considered evil. He was worse than all [the kings] who were before him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

American King James Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

American Standard Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Achab the son of Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

Darby Bible Translation
And Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him.

English Revised Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

World English Bible
Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh above all that were before him.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:29-34 Ahab did evil above all that reigned before him, and did it with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not satisfied with breaking the second commandment by image-worship, he broke the first by worshipping other gods: making light of lesser sins makes way for greater. Marriages with daring offenders also imbolden in wickedness, and hurry men on to the greatest excesses. One of Ahab's subjects, following the example of his presumption, ventured to build Jericho. Like Achan, he meddled with the accursed thing; turned that to his own use, which was devoted to God's honour: he began to build, in defiance of the curse well devoted to God's honour: he began to build, in defiance of the curse well known in Israel; but none ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. Let the reading of this chapter cause us to mark the dreadful end of all the workers of iniquity. And what does the history of all ungodly men furnish, what ever rank or situation they move in, but sad examples of the same?

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 30. - And Ahab the son of Omri [The repetition is noticeable. It is possible that the preceding verse has been revised by a chronologer. The LXX. text is much more condensed] did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. [The same words are used of his father in ver. 25. It is not difficult to see in what way Ahab's rule was worse even than Omri's. The latter had gone beyond his predecessors in the matter of the calf worship. See note on ver. 25. But the calf worship, however it may have deteriorated in process of time - and it is the tendency of such systems to wax worse and worse - was nevertheless a cult, though a corrupt, and unauthorized, and illicit cultus, of the one true God. Under Ahab, however, positive idolatry was established and fostered the worship of foreign and shameful deities.]

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, above all that were before him. Adding other idols to the calves, and those more abominable than they; since the other kings pretended to worship God in them, but he worshipped other gods besides him, as the following verses show.

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Ahab Reigns in Israel, Marries Jezebel
29And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 30And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. …

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 16:25 But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD and sinned more than all those before him.
1 Kings 16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years.
1 Kings 16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.
1 Kings 21:25 (There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife.
1 Kings 22:53 He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.
2 Kings 9:22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, "Have you come in peace, Jehu?" "How can there be peace," Jehu replied, "as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?"