◄ 1 Kings 16:25 ►
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Good News Translation
Omri sinned against the LORD more than any of his predecessors.

New Revised Standard Version
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did more evil than all who were before him.

Contemporary English Version
Omri did more evil things than any king before him.

New American Bible
But Omri did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, more than any of his predecessors.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

did worse

1 Kings 16:30,31,33 And Achab, the son of Amri, did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. . . .

1 Kings 14:9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast made thee strange gods, and molten gods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

Micah 6:16 For thou hast kept the statutes of Amri, and all the works of the house of Achab: and thou hast walked according their wills, that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach of my people.

Context
Omri Reigns in Israel
…24And he bought the hill of Samaria of Semer, for two talents of silver: and he built upon it, and he called the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Semer, the owner of the hill. 25And Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted wickedly above all that were before him.26And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin: to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.…
Cross References
1 Kings 14:9
But hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast made thee strange gods, and molten gods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

1 Kings 16:30
And Achab, the son of Amri, did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

Micah 6:16
For thou hast kept the statutes of Amri, and all the works of the house of Achab: and thou hast walked according their wills, that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach of my people.

1 Kings 16:24
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