1 Kings 21 · Verse 25

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.
1 Kings 21:25, King James Version

1 Kings 21:25 in other translations

BSB(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
WEBBut there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
ASV(But there was none like unto Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
YLTsurely there hath none been like Ahab, who sold himself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife hath moved,
DARBY(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on.
BBE(There was no one like Ahab, who gave himself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moved to it by Jezebel his wife.
WebsterBut there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife instigated.

What does 1 Kings 21:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Did sell himself to work wickedness - He hired himself to the devil for this very purpose, that he might work wickedness. This was to be his employment, and at this he labored. In the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up - A good wife is from the Lord; a bad wife is from the devil: Jezebel was of this kind; and she has had many successors.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 21:17-29

Blessed Paul complains that he was sold under sin, Ro 7:14, as a poor captive against his will; but Ahab was willing, he sold himself to sin; of choice, and as his own act and deed, he loved the dominion of sin. Jezebel his wife stirred him up to do wickedly. Ahab is reproved, and his sin set before his eyes, by Elijah. That man's condition is very miserable, who has made the word of God his enemy; and very…

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1 Kings 21:25 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.

רַ֚קrakcertainlyH7535
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
הָיָ֣הha.Yahanyone wasH1961
כְאַחְאָ֔בkhe.'ach.'Avlike AhabH256
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
הִתְמַכֵּ֔רhit.ma.Kerhe sold himselfH4376
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213
הָרַ֖עha.Ra'the evilH7451
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
הֵסַ֥תָּהhe.Sa.tahshe incitedH5496
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
אִיזֶ֥בֶל'i.Ze.velJezebelH348
אִשְׁתּֽוֹ\׃'ish.Towife hisH802

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

Cross references for 1 Kings 21:25

  • Proverbs 22:14

    The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

  • 1 Kings 21:20

    And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 16:30-33

    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. And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 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.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Acts 14:2

    But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

  • Romans 6:19

    I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

  • 1 Kings 21:7

    And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

  • 1 Kings 11:1-4

    But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

  • 1 Kings 18:4

    For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

  • Isaiah 50:1

    Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

  • 2 Kings 23:25

    And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

  • 1 Kings 19:2

    Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But there.
20; 16:30-33; 2Ki 23:25
sell himself.
20; 2Ki 17:17; Isa 50:1; 52:3; Ro 6:19; 7:14
whom Jezebel.
7; 11:1-4; 16:31; 18:4; 19:2; Pr 22:14; Ec 7:26; Mr 6:17-27
Ac 6:12; 14:2
stirred up. or, incited.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 21:24

    Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 21:26

    And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

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1 Kings 21:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		(A la verdad ninguno fué como Achâb, que se vendiese á hacer lo malo á los ojos de Jehová; porque Jezabel su mujer lo incitaba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		(Certainement il n’y eut point de roi comme Achab, qui se vendit pour faire ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel, sa femme Jézabel le poussant.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es ist gar keiner gewesen wie Ahab, der sich verkauft hätte, um zu tun, was böse ist in den Augen Jehovas, welchen Isebel, sein Weib, anreizte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Igitur non fuit alter talis sicut Achab, qui venundatus est ut faceret malum in conspectu Domini: concitavit enim eum Jezabel uxor sua,