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1 Kings 16:25

Omri

23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

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

26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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BSB
But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
KJV
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
WEB
Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
ASV
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.
DARBY
And Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, and did worse than all that were before him.
BLB
And Omri did evil in the eyes of YHWH, and he did evil more than all who [were] before him.
ÅB
Men Omri gjorde hva ondt var i Herrens øyne; han bar seg endog verre at enn noen av dem som hadde vært før ham.
OTB
Men Omri gjorde ondt i Herrens øyne, og handlet mer ondsinnet enn alle som var før ham.
B1930
Men Omri gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine; han bar sig endog verre at enn nogen av dem som hadde vært før ham.

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  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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  • 1 Kings 16:33

    And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

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  • 1 Kings 14:9

    But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

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  • 1 Kings 16:30–31

    And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

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