1 Kings 14:22

14:22 Judah did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done. ² 

1 Kings 16:19

16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of ³  the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. ⁴ 

1 Kings 21:20

21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, ⁵  “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah ⁶  replied, “I have found you, because you are committed ⁷  to doing evil in the sight of ⁸  the Lord.

1 Kings 21:25

21:25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed ⁹  to doing evil in the sight of ¹⁰  the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ¹²  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ¹³  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

² tn Heb “and they made him jealous more than all which their fathers had done by their sins which they sinned.”

³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁴ tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”

⁵ tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”

⁸ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁷ tn Heb “who sold himself.”

⁸ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁹ tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”

⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁰ tn Or “way.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”