Instead you have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made yourself other gods—molten images to vex Me—and have cast Me behind your back.
1 Kings 16:30 - Tree of Life Version But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, more than all who were before him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Instead you have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made yourself other gods—molten images to vex Me—and have cast Me behind your back.
But Omri did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, and acted more wickedly 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; and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria 22 years.
Now, as if it was a trifling thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he also took as wife Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
Also Ahab made the Asherah pole. So Ahab did yet more to provoke the Adonai God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
Surely there was none like Ahab, who sold himself over to do evil in Adonai’s eyes, at the instigation of Jezebel his wife.
But he did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes and followed the way of his father, and the way of his mother, and the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who caused Israel to sin.
He did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
He did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, though not like his father and his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
Now when Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is it peace, Jehu?” So he answered, “What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?”
but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, leading Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into prostitution just as the house of Ahab committed prostitution and you have also slain your brothers—your own family, who were better than you—