1 Kings 16:26
And 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
25And Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted wickedly above all that were before him.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,
1 Kings 16:2Forasmuch as I have exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins:
1 Kings 16:13For all the sins of Baasa, and the sins of Ela his son, who sinned, and made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord the God of Israel with their vanities.
Psalms 31:6Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Jeremiah 10:3For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.
Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:16-29
Zimri's Death; Reign of Omri. ( b. c. 929.) 15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And it came… Read the whole commentary →