but you have done evil above all those who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and cast images, provoking me to anger, and have thrust me behind your back,
1 Kings 16:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all before him. American Standard Version (1901) And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him. Common English Bible and did evil in the LORD’s eyes, more than anyone who preceded him. Catholic Public Domain Version And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the sight of the Lord, beyond all who had been before him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Achab the son of Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. |
but you have done evil above all those who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and cast images, provoking me to anger, and have thrust me behind your back,
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did more evil than all who were before him.
In the thirty-eighth year of King Asa of Judah, Ahab son of Omri began to reign over Israel; Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as his wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
Ahab also made a sacred pole. Ahab did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than had all the kings of Israel who were before him.
(Indeed, there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
He served Baal and worshiped him; he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not like the kings of Israel who were before him.
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he removed the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the many prostitutions and sorceries of your mother Jezebel continue?”
but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel and have led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, as the house of Ahab led Israel into unfaithfulness, and because you also have killed your brothers, members of your father’s house, who were better than you,