1 Kings 16:30
וַיַּעַשׂ אַחְאָב בֶּן ־ עָמְרִי הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר לְפָנָֽיו ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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 14:9וַתָּרַע לַעֲשׂוֹת מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר ־ הָיוּ לְפָנֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתַּעֲשֶׂה ־ לְּךָ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וּמַסֵּכוֹת לְהַכְעִיסֵנִי וְאֹתִי הִשְׁלַכְתָּ אַחֲרֵי גַוֶּֽךָ ׃ ס
1 Kings 16:31וַיְהִי הֲנָקֵל לֶכְתּוֹ בְּחַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם בֶּן ־ נְבָט וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה אֶת ־ אִיזֶבֶל בַּת ־ אֶתְבַּעַל מֶלֶךְ צִידֹנִים וַיֵּלֶךְ וַֽיַּעֲבֹד אֶת ־ הַבַּעַל וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לֽוֹ ׃
1 Kings 21:25רַק לֹֽא ־ הָיָה כְאַחְאָב אֲשֶׁר הִתְמַכֵּר לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר ־ הֵסַתָּה אֹתוֹ אִיזֶבֶל אִשְׁתּֽוֹ ׃
2 Kings 17:2וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה רַק לֹא כְּמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לְפָנָֽיו ׃
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 →