1 Kings 16:30 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 16:30

And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.

YLT

and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who are before him.

DBT

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

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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1 Kings 16:25
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.
1 Kings 21:25
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
1 Kings 14:9
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
2 Kings 9:22
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
2 Kings 3:2
And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

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This was done through the influence of Jezebel, Ahab's queen. She was "the daughter of Eth-baal, king of the Zidonians." He was priest of Ashtaroth or Astarte, who, having murdered Philetes, king of Tyre, ascended the throne of that kingdom, being the eighth king since Hiram.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

), and, as if it were done with a particular enmity both to God and Israel, to affront him and ruin them, it is said, He did more purposely to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger, and, consequently, to send judgments on his land, than all the kings of Israel that were before him,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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1KI 16:301KI 16:31 2KI 10:18
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1KI 16:301KI 21:25 PRO 22:14
1KI 16:301KI 14:9 NEH 9:26
1KI 16:301KI 21:25 1KI 21:20
1KI 16:301KI 14:9 PSA 50:17
1KI 16:301KI 14:9 EZE 23:35
1KI 16:301KI 14:9 1KI 12:28
1KI 16:301KI 16:31 2KI 17:16

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