1 Kings 16:30

30 Ach'av the son of `Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

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 slept with his fathers, and was buried in Shomron; and Ach'av his son reigned in his place.

29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Yehudah began Ach'av the son of `Omri to reign over Yisra'el: and Ach'av the son of `Omri reigned over Yisra'el in Shomron twenty-two years.

30 Ach'av the son of `Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

31 It happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Yarov`am the son of Nevat, that he took as wife Izevel the daughter of Etba`al king of the Tzidonim, and went and served Ba`al, and worshiped him.

32 He reared up an altar for Ba`al in the house of Ba`al, which he had built in Shomron.