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1 Kings 16:25-34
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1 Kings 16:25-34
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25 Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; he did more evil than all who were before him.(A) 26 He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins that he caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols.(B) 27 The rest of the events of Omri’s reign, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings. 28 Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab became king in his place.
Israel’s King Ahab
29 Ahab son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Judah’s King Asa; Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria 22 years. 30 But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than all who were before him.(C) 31 Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were a trivial matter, he married Jezebel,(D) the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians,(E) and then proceeded to serve Baal and worship him.(F) 32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal(G) that he had built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole.(H) Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.(I)
34 During his reign, Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn, he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest, he set up its gates, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.(J)
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1 Kings 16:25-34
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1 Kings 16:25-34
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25 But Omri did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord and sinned more than all those before him. 26 He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused(B) Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.(C)
27 As for the other events of Omri’s reign, what he did and the things he achieved, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 28 Omri rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria.(D) And Ahab his son succeeded him as king.
Ahab Becomes King of Israel
29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years. 30 Ahab son of Omri did more(E) evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him. 31 He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married(F) Jezebel daughter(G) of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal(H) and worship him. 32 He set up an altar(I) for Baal in the temple(J) of Baal that he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole(K) and did more(L) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.
34 In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua son of Nun.(M)
1 Kings 16:25-34
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1 Kings 16:25-34
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25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.
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.
27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
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.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
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.
32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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.
34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
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2 Kings 21:3
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2 Kings 21:3
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3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed(A) and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah,(B) as King Ahab of Israel had done;(C) he also worshiped the whole heavenly host(D) and served them.
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2 Kings 21:3
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2 Kings 21:3
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3 He rebuilt the high places(A) his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal(B) and made an Asherah pole,(C) as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts(D) and worshiped them.
2 Kings 21:3
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2 Kings 21:3
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3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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2 Chronicles 21:6
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2 Chronicles 21:6
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6 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done,(A) for Ahab’s daughter was his wife.(B) He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,
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2 Chronicles 21:6
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2 Chronicles 21:6
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6 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel,(A) as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab.(B) He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 21:6
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2 Chronicles 21:6
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6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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2 Chronicles 21:13
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2 Chronicles 21:13
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13 but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel,(A) have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves like the house of Ahab(B) prostituted itself, and also have killed your brothers,(C) your father’s family, who were better than you,
2 Chronicles 21:13
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2 Chronicles 21:13
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2 Chronicles 21:13
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2 Chronicles 21:13
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13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
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Jeremiah 7:24
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Jeremiah 7:24
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24 Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention(A) but followed their own advice and according to their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not forward.(B)
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Jeremiah 7:24
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Jeremiah 7:24
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24 But they did not listen(A) or pay attention;(B) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(C) They went backward(D) and not forward.
Jeremiah 7:24
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Jeremiah 7:24
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24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
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