1 Kings 16:25

25 But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD and sinned more than all those before him.

1 Kings 16:25 in Other Translations

25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did more evil than all who were before him.

25 But Omri did what was evil in the LORD ’s sight, even more than any of the kings before him.

25 But as far as God was concerned, Omri lived an evil life - set new records in evil.

25 Omri did what was evil in the Lord's sight; he did more evil than all who were before him.

1 Kings 16:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:25

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord
Openly and publicly, as if it were in defiance of him:

and did worse than all that were before him;
taking no warning by the judgments inflicted on them, which aggravated his sins; and besides, he not only worshipped the calves, as the rest, and drew Israel by his example into the same, as they did, but he published edicts and decrees, obliging them to worship them, and forbidding them to go to Jerusalem, called "the statutes of Omri", ( Micah 6:16 ) .

1 Kings 16:25 In-Context

23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.

25 But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD and sinned more than all those before him.

26 He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.

27 As for the other events of Omri’s reign, what he did and the things he achieved, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

Cross References

• 1. ver 25-26; S Deuteronomy 4:25; Micah 6:16