1 Kings 16:30
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of LORD above all who were before him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 14:9but have done evil above all who were before thee, and have gone and made thee other gods, and molten images to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind thy back,
1 Kings 16:31And 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 Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him
1 Kings 21:25(But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
2 Kings 17:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:30-34
Ahab's Reign. ( b. c. 925.) 29 And 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. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. 31 And 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… Read the whole commentary →