1 Kings 16 · Verse 30

1 Kings 16:30

And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
1 Kings 16:30, King James Version

1 Kings 16:30 in other translations

BSBHowever, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
WEBAhab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight above all that were before him.
ASVAnd Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.
YLTand Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who are before him.
DARBYAnd Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him.
BBEAnd Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him.
WebsterAnd Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

What does 1 Kings 16:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 16:29-33

29-33. Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him--The worship of God by symbols had hitherto been the offensive form of apostasy in Israel, but now gross idolatry is openly patronized by the court. This was done through the influence of Jezebel, Ahab's queen. She was "the daughter of Eth-baal, king of the Zidonians." He was priest of Ashtaroth or Astarte, who, having…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 16:29-34

Ahab did evil above all that reigned before him, and did it with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not satisfied with breaking the second commandment by image-worship, he broke the first by worshipping other gods: making light of lesser sins makes way for greater. Marriages with daring offenders also imbolden in wickedness, and hurry men on to the greatest excesses. One of Ahab's subjects…

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1 Kings 16:30 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.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213
אַחְאָ֧ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
עָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiOmriH6018
הָרַ֖עha.Ra'the evilH7451
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
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 16:30

  • 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 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 21:25

    But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

  • 2 Kings 3:2

    And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

  • 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 16:31

    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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25,31,33; 14:9; 21:25; 2Ki 3:2

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Context

  • 1 Kings 16:29

    And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

  • 1 Kings 16:30

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

  • 1 Kings 16:31

    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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1 Kings 16:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y reinó Achâb hijo de Omri sobre Israel en Samaria veintidós años. Y Achâb hijo de Omri hizo lo malo á los ojos de Jehová sobre todos los que fueron antes de él;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Achab, fils d’Omri, fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel, plus que tous ceux qui avaient été avant lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Ahab, der Sohn Omris, tat, was böse war in den Augen Jehovas, mehr als alle, die vor ihm gewesen waren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et fecit Achab filius Amri malum in conspectu Domini super omnes qui fuerunt ante eum.