1 Kings 21:25

25 ¹Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him.

1 Kings 21:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:25

But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to
work wickedness in the sight of the Lord
Not of any of his predecessors, even those whose families had been destroyed, as his would be, ( 1 Kings 21:21 ) . (See Gill on 1 Kings 21:20).

whom Jezebel his wife stirred up;
to idolatry, revenge, and murder, and to whose will he was a slave, and is one instance of his being a captive to sin, and giving up himself to the power of it.

1 Kings 21:25 In-Context

23 "Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.'

24 "The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat."

25 Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD , because Jezebel his wife incited him.

26 He acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the sons of Israel.

27 It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 16:30-33; 1 Kings 21:20

Footnotes

• [a] Or "whom Jezebel his wife incited"