1 Kings 16 · Verse 25

1 Kings 16:25

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.
1 Kings 16:25, King James Version

1 Kings 16:25 in other translations

BSBBut Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
WEBOmri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
ASVAnd Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.
YLTAnd Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who are before him,
DARBYAnd Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, and did worse than all that were before him.
BBEAnd Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,
WebsterBut Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

What does 1 Kings 16:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 16:25-27
25-27. But Omri wrought evil--The character of Omri's reign and his death are described in the stereotyped form used towards all the successors of Jeroboam in respect both to policy as well as time.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Did worse than all - before him - Omri was, 1. An idolater in principle; 2. An idolater in practice; 3. He led the people to idolatry by precept and example; and, which was that in which he did worse than all before him, 4. He made statutes in favor of idolatry, and obliged the people by law to commit it. See Mic 6:16, where this seems to be intended: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 16:15-28

When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which God governs nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lessons from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, and massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has a…

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1 Kings 16:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥הvai.ya.'a.Sehand he didH6213
עָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiOmriH6018
הָרַ֖עha.Ra'the evilH7451
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיָּ֕רַעvai.Ya.ra'and he did evilH7489
מִכֹּ֖לmi.Kolmore than allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher[those] whoH834
לְפָנָֽיו\׃le.fa.Nav[were] <to> before himH6440

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 16:25

  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • 1 Kings 16:33

    And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

  • 1 Kings 14:9

    But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

  • 1 Kings 16:30-31

    And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
did worse.
30,31,33; 14:9; Mic 6:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 16:24

    And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

  • 1 Kings 16:25

    But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

  • 1 Kings 16:26

    For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

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1 Kings 16:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Omri hizo lo malo á los ojos de Jehová, é hizo peor que todos los que habían sido antes de él:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Omri fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel, et il fit pis que tous ceux qui avaient été avant lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Omri tat, was böse war in den Augen Jehovas; und er machte es ärger als alle, die vor ihm gewesen waren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fecit autem Amri malum in conspectu Domini, et operatus est nequiter, super omnes qui fuerunt ante eum.