1 Kings 16:30

16:30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord than all who were before him.

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ²  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ³  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ⁴ 

1 Kings 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, ⁵  I will pay you silver for it.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, ⁷  I will pay you silver for it.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 1:6

1:6 (Now his father had never corrected ⁹  him ¹⁰  by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. ¹¹ )

Ephesians 4:19

4:19 Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

² tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

⁴ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

³ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

⁴ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”

⁴ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

⁵ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”

⁵ tn Or “disciplined.”

⁶ tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.

⁷ tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).

⁶ sn Greediness refers to an increasing desire for more and more. The point is that sinful passions and desires are never satisfied.