1 Kings 16:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• 1 Kings 16:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See 1 Kings 16:33 . The great sin of Ahab - that by which he differed from all his predecessors, and exceeded them in wickedness - was his introduction of the worship of Baal, consequent upon his...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Kings 15:33 to 1 Kings 16:34 . Baasha's Dynasty. Rise of the House of Omri. Nothing is told us of Baasha except the usual annalistic details, and, that a prophet named Jehu foretold the destru...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  above all. The reign of Ahab opens. new era in Israel's history.

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, and Omri 1. Jehu the son of Hanani] Hanani is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 . Jehu's denunciation of Baasha is similar to Ahijah's denunciation of Jeroboam ( 1 King...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB 1 Kings 16:11-34 As far as we can understand from our meager authorities-and we have no independent source of information-we infer that Elah, son of the p...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Sin's Climax Summons Jehovah's Prophet 1 Kings 16:29-34 ; 1 Kings 17:1-7 From the beginning of his reign Ahab set aside both the First and the Second Commandment. His marriage with Jezebel, th...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here we have the account of how Jehu was called on to exercise judgment against Baasha. This being accomplished, Elah succeeded Baasha on the throne of Israel. He was so corrupt as to be found "drink...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (29) В¶ 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...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, above all that were before him. Adding other idols to the calves, and those more abominable than they; since the other kings pretended to...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that [were] before him. Ver. 30. Above all that were. ] He proved an arrant non-such. a a Bipedum nequissimus.

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  In the thirty and eighth year of Asa , &c. Asa saw six kings of Israel buried, while Judah flourished under him, the length of whose reign was doubtless a great advantage to them. Began Ahab th...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lord had another servant to bring a solemn message to Baasha. Jehu, the son of Hanani, was the messenger at this time (v.1). Though the history records that Baasha had murdered his master to take...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Ahab's Reign. B. C. 925.       29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah beg...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  An Initial Summary Of The Reign Of Ahab ( 1 Kings 16:29-34 ). The account of Ahab's reign commences with an initial summary of his reign indicating its corruption in the eyes of YHWH. We can compa...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 16:30 . Ahab, the son of Omri —A name fraught with woe for Israel! 1 Kings 16:30 . Took to wife Jezebel — Ethbaal , her royal father, murdered his ow...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 16:2 . I exalted thee. Baasha was raised from the ranks to regal dignity. 1 Kings 16:7 . Jehu son of Hanani the prophet; the only case I think in which a Father and a son were so favou...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE REIGN OF AHAB .—With the accession of Ahab a new main section of our history begins—the section which has its close in the destruction of the house of Omri by Jehu, as rela...

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Rule of Omri and of Ahab

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• 1 Kings 16:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 14:9 ; 1 Kings 16:25 ; 1 Kings 16:31 ; 1 Kings 16:33 ; 1 Kings 21:25 ; 2 Kings 3:2

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