1 Kings 21:26

Translations

Modern

He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

Traditional

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.

Literal

And he acted very abominably in following after the idols, according to all that the Amorite had done, whom YHWH had cast out before the sons of Israel.)

Latin

…et abominabilis factus est, in tantum ut sequeretur idola quæ fecerant Amorrhæi, quos consumpsit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

Notes

1 Kings 21:25–26

The author pauses his story to highlight Ahab's evil nature, criticize the king's dedication to idol worship, and blame him for being influenced by his wife Jezebel. Jezebel, who was wicked, would do anything to get what she wanted (1 Kings 18:4; 19:1–2; 21:5–10, 15). Although she remained arrogant and defiant until the end (2 Kings 9:30–31), she eventually faced her foretold fate (1 Kings 21:23; 2 Kings 9:32–37).

Theme notes and profiles

Ahab Elijah Jezebel Apostasy and Renewal Prophets in 1 Kings Pure Worship True Success

Events

Prophecies of Elijahc. 910 BC

Related verses

2 Kings 21:11
“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Leviticus 18:25–30
Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
1 Kings 15:12
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1 Peter 4:3
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
Deuteronomy 12:31
You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
2 Kings 21:2
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Jeremiah 44:4
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
2 Chronicles 33:9
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Ezekiel 16:47
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
2 Chronicles 15:8
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

People

Amorites: Canaanite people group, enemies of Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Ahab (King) Archaeology and the Bible Idols, Idolatry Jezreel (Place) Kings, Books of First and Second Naboth Queen Tishbe Witness

Topics

Ahab: King of Israel: Idolatry of Amorites: Idolatry of Elijah: Prophecies of The Destruction of Ahab and his House Idolatry: Adopted by the Wicked Kings Repentance: Ahab, when Reproved by Elijah for Ahab's Idolatry Rulers: Wicked: Ahab, Serving Baal The Amorites: Ahab Followed the Abominations of Women: Jezebel, in Her Evil Counsels To, and Influence Over, Ahab

1 Kings 21:26

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