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1 Kings 16:30
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28 So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.

Ahab Reigns in Israel

29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
30 Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
31 And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, athat he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the bSidonians; cand he went and served Baal and worshiped him.  
32 Then he set up an altar for Baal in athe temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.  
33 aAnd Ahab made a wooden image. Ahab bdid more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.  
34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation1 with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, aaccording to the word of the Lord, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun. 
Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 16:30

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

Amplified® Bible
And Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all before him.

Contemporary English Version
Ahab did more things to disobey the LORD than any king before him.

Darby English Version
And Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him.

Good News Bible
He sinned against the LORD more than any of his predecessors.

King James Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

New American Standard Bible
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all who were before him.

New International Version
Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him.

New King James Version
Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all who lived before him.

Revised Standard Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all that were before him.

Young's Literal Translation
and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who `are' before him.


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