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1 Kings 21:25 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 21 · verse 25
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.1 Kings 21:25 · King James Version
1 Kings 21:25 in context
23And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
25But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
27And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednessraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- JezebelʼÎyzebelIzebel, the wife of king AhabH348 →
- sightʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- AhabʼAchʼâbAchab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at BabylonH256 →
- sellmâkarto sell, literally , or figurativelyH4376 →
- workʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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In these verses we may observe, I. The very bad character that is given of Ahab (Kg1 21:25, Kg1 21:26), which comes in here to justify God in the heavy sentence passed upon him, and to show that though it was passed upon occasion of his sin in the matter of Naboth (which David's sin in the matter of Uriah did too much…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29