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Ahab Reigns in Israel, Marries Jezebel

1 Kings 16:30

In 11 translations

BSB
However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
KJV
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
WEB
Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight above all that were before him.
ASV
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.
LSV
and Ahab son of Omri does evil in the eyes of YHWH above all who [are] before him.
YLT
and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who [are] before him.
DBY
And Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him.
DRC
And Achab the son of Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
GNV
And Ahab the sonne of Omri did worse in ye sight of the Lord then al that were before him.
JPS
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
LXXE
And Achaab did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more wickedly than all that were before him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ אַחְאָ֧ב בֶּן־עָמְרִ֛י הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְפָנָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἀχαὰβ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπονηρεύσατο ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.

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  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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