1 Kings 16:30

“However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.”

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BSBPD

“However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)

KJVPD

“And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.”

King James Version · Public Domain

ASVPD

“And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain

YLTPD

“and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who <FI>are<Fi> before him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain

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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 16:30 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
1 Kings 16:25But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
1 Kings 16:33Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
1 Kings 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
2 Kings 3:2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 17:2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
2 Chronicles 21:13but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.

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