God’s Word Translation
1 Kings 16:25
25Omri did what the Lord considered evil. He did more evil things than all ⌞the kings⌟ before him.
1 Kings 16:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.
- New International Version (NIV)But Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord and sinned more than all those before him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all who were before him.
Context of 1 Kings 16:25
23Omri began to rule Israel in Asa’s thirty-first year as king of Judah. He ruled for 12 years, 6 of them in Tirzah. 24Omri bought a hill from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver. He fortified the hill and built the city of Samaria on it. He named the city after its former owner, Shemer. Omri did what the Lord considered evil. He did more evil things than all ⌞the kings⌟ before him. 26He lived exactly like Jeroboam (Nebat’s son). He sinned and led Israel to sin with worthless idols, and the Israelites made the Lord God of Israel furious. 27Isn’t everything else about Omri—what he did and his heroic acts—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?
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וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה עָמְרִ֛י הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּ֕רַע מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְפָנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Kings 16:25
- 1 Kings 16:30Ahab, son of Omri, did what the Lord considered evil. He was worse than all ⌞the kings⌟ who were before him.
- 1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil things than everyone before you. You made other gods, metal idols, for yourself. You made me furious and turned your back to me.
- Micah 6:16You have kept Omri’s laws and all the practices of the descendants of Ahab, and you have followed their advice. That is why I will ruin you. Your people will be ridiculed. You will bear the disgrace of my people.”
Commentaries on 1 Kings 16:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Did worse than all - before him - Omri was, An idolater in principle; An idolater in practice; He led the people to idolatry by precept and example; and, which was that in which he did worse than all before him, 4. He made statutes in favor of idolatry, and obliged the people by law to commit it. See Micah 6:16, where this seems to be intended: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Omri 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).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 15-28 When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which God governs nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lessons from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, and massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has a controversy with the people for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26evil: When Israel moved from the first family line of rulers to the second (1 Kings 15:33–34), the change of rulers did not improve the nation’s spiritual condition.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2725-27. But Omri wrought evil--The character of Omri's reign and his death are described in the stereotyped form used towards all the successors of Jeroboam in respect both to policy as well as time.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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