1 Kings 16:30

1 Kings 16:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
• New International Version (NIV)Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.

Context of 1 Kings 16:30

28So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place. 29Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him. 31It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him. 32So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria.

1 Kings 16:30 word by word

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ אַחְאָ֧ב בֶּן־עָמְרִ֛י הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְפָנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Omriעׇמְרִי‛omrîy · OmriH6018
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• moreמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• were beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for 1 Kings 16:30

• 1 Kings 16:25Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
• 1 Kings 14:9you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back--
• 1 Kings 21:25Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, because Jezebel his wife incited him.
• 2 Kings 3:2He did evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and his mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal which his father had made.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 16:30

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30See 1 Kings 16:33. The great sin of Ahab - that by which he differed from all his predecessors, and exceeded them in wickedness - was his introduction of the worship of Baal, consequent upon his marriage with Jezebel, and his formal establishment of this gross and palpable idolatry as the religion of the state.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-34Verses 29-34 Ahab did evil above all that reigned before him, and did it with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not satisfied with breaking the second commandment by image-worship, he broke the first by worshipping other gods: making light of lesser sins makes way for greater. Marriages with daring offenders also imbolden in wickedness, and hurry men on to the greatest excesses. One of Ahab's subjects, following the example of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3329-33. Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him--The worship of God by symbols had hitherto been the offensive form of apostasy in Israel, but now gross idolatry is openly patronized by the court. 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…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 16:30

• Ahab
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Omri
• Baasha
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Elijah
• Israel, History of

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