1 Kings 16:25 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 16:25

But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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", Mic 6:16.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Omri outwent his idolatrous predecessors in his zeal, reducing the calf-worship to a regular formal system, which went down to posterity (compare the marginal reference).

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה	vai.ya.'a.Seh	and he did	H6213 →
עָמְרִ֛י	'a.me.Ri	Omri	H6018 →
הָרַ֖ע	ha.Ra'	the evil	H7451 →
בְּעֵינֵ֣י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיָּ֕רַע	vai.Ya.ra'	and he did evil	H7489 →
מִכֹּ֖ל	mi.Kol	more than all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	[those] who	H834 →
לְפָנָֽיו׃	le.fa.Nav	[were] <to> before him	H6440 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Kings 14:9
You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
leads to
- Ezekiel 23:35
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
- Nehemiah 9:26
  But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Psalms 50:17
  For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- 1 Kings 12:28
  After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…
- 2 Chronicles 11:15
  And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
Through
1 Kings 16:33
Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
leads to
- 2 Kings 13:6
  Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
Through
Micah 6:16
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you…
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:51
  “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
- Psalms 44:13
  You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

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Where the connections lead

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 1 Kings