1 Kings 16:30-31

16:30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord than all who were before him. 16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. ² 

1 Kings 16:33

16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he ³  did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

1 Kings 14:9

14:9 You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me. ⁴ 

Micah 6:16

6:16 You implement the regulations of Omri,

and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; ⁵ 

you follow their policies. ⁶ 

Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, ⁷ 

the city’s ⁸  inhabitants will be taunted derisively, ⁹ 

and nations will mock all of you.” ¹⁰ 

[16:30]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[16:31]  ² tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[16:33]  ³ tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “you went and you made for yourself other gods, metal [ones], angering me, and you threw me behind your back.”

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the edicts of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.”

[6:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “and you walk in their plans.”

[6:16]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term שַׁמָּה (shammah) can refer to “destruction; ruin,” or to the reaction it produces in those who witness the destruction.

[6:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “her”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “[an object] of hissing,” which was a way of taunting someone.

[6:16]  ¹⁰ tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (’ammim, “nations”).