Melachim Alef 16:30

30 And Ach’av Ben Omri did rah in the eyes of Hashem above all that were before him.

Melachim Alef 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.

Melachim Alef 16:30 In-Context

28 So Omri slept with his avot, and was buried in Shomron; and Ach’av Bno reigned as Melech in his place.

29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa Melech Yehudah began Ach’av Ben Omri (Ahab Son of Omri) to reign as Melech over Yisroel; and Ach’av Ben Omri reigned over Yisroel in Shomron twenty and two shanah.

30 And Ach’av Ben Omri did rah in the eyes of Hashem above all that were before him.

31 And it came to pass, as if it had not been enough for him to walk in the chattot Yarov‘am Ben Nevat, he even took as isha Izevel Bat Etba’al Melech Tzidonim, and went and served Ba’al, and worshipped him.

32 And he set up a mizbe’ach for Ba’al in the Bais Ba’al, which he had built in Shomron.