Devine Scripture

1 Kings 16:30

1 Kings chapter 16 · verse 30 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.29And 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.

v.30This passage

v.31And 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 Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 16:25

    And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.

  • 1 Kings 21:25

    (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.

  • 1 Kings 14:9

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

  • 1 Kings 16:33

    And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Jehovah, the 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 Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

  • 2 Kings 3:2

    And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.