1 Kings 16:30

30 More than any king before him, Ahab son of Omri did many things the Lord said were wrong.

1 Kings 16:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:30

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 worship God in them, but he worshipped other gods besides him, as the following verses show.

1 Kings 16:30 In-Context

28 So Omri died and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king in his place.

29 Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel during Asa's thirty-eighth year as king of Judah, and Ahab ruled Israel in the city of Samaria for twenty-two years.

30 More than any king before him, Ahab son of Omri did many things the Lord said were wrong.

31 He sinned in the same ways as Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he did even worse things. He married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon. Then Ahab began to serve Baal and worship him.

32 He built a temple in Samaria for worshiping Baal and put an altar there for Baal.