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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/21.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/21.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the LORD drove out before Israel.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />His worst outrage was worshiping idols just as the Amorites had done—the people whom the LORD had driven out from the land ahead of the Israelites.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the people of Israel.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all <i>things</i> as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he behaved very abominably in following idols, according to all <i>that</i> the Amorites had done, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also acted very despicably in following idols, conforming to everything that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out from the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He acted very repulsively in following idols, in accordance with everything the Amorites had done, whom the LORD expelled [from the land] before the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He committed the most detestable acts by following idols as the Amorites had, whom the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols as the Amorites had, whom the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He did many disgusting things as a result of worshiping idols as the Amorites had done. (The LORD confiscated their land for Israel.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He committed the most shameful sins by worshiping idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD had driven out of the land as the people of Israel advanced.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />His behavior in pursuing idolatry was detestable, just like the Amorites had done whom the LORD had expelled in front of the army of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he does very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will cause abhorrence exceeding to go after blocks, according to all which the Amorites did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the face of the sons of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he became abominable, insomuch that he followed the idols which the Amorrhites had made, whom the Lord destroyed before the face of the children of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he became abominable, so much so that he followed the idols that the Amorites had made, whom the Lord consumed before the face of the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He became completely abominable by going after idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out of the Israelites’ way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He acted most abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.)<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he did very abominably in following idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he was greatly defiled, and he went on after idols as the Amorites had done which LORD JEHOVAH destroyed from before the sons of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he did very abominably in following after the abominations, according to all that the Amorite did, whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=8638" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/21.htm">Ahab's Repentance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25</span>(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">He committed the most</a> <a href="/hebrew/8581.htm" title="8581: way·yaṯ·‘êḇ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To abhor. A primitive root; to loathe, i.e. detest.">detestable acts</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lā·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">by going</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: hag·gil·lu·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">idols,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kə·ḵōl (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">just like</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">the Amorites</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: hō·w·rîš (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">had driven out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites.)</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Deuteronomy 18:9-12</a></span><br />When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. / Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, / casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-30</a></span><br />Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. / Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. / But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15-17</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. / They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-2.htm">2 Kings 21:2-6</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm">2 Chronicles 33:2-6</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a></span><br />Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a></span><br />because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Ezekiel 16:36</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Ezekiel 23:37</a></span><br />For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-16.htm">Micah 6:16</a></span><br />You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5-6</a></span><br />For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. / Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And 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.</p><p class="hdg">very abominably</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/15-8.htm">2 Chronicles 15:8</a></b></br> And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that <i>was</i> before the porch of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Isaiah 65:4</a></b></br> Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable <i>things is in</i> their vessels;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18</a></b></br> And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.</p><p class="hdg">according to</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a></b></br> But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites <i>is</i> not yet full.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25-30</a></b></br> And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Leviticus 20:22,23</a></b></br> Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Abominably</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-25.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-20.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-20.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-6.htm">Behaved</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-18.htm">False.</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-21.htm">Following</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-23.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-28.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Vilest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Abominably</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-15.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-14.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-11.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/job/36-9.htm">Behaved</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-16.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-16.htm">False.</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-17.htm">Following</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-46.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-12.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-20.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-14.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-27.htm">Vilest</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/21-1.htm">Ahab being denied Naboth's vineyard, is grieved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/21-5.htm">Jezebel writing letters against Naboth, he is condemned of blasphemy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/21-15.htm">Ahab take possession of the vineyard</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/21-17.htm">Elijah denounces judgments against Ahab and Jezebel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">Wicked Ahab repenting, God defers the judgment</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "detestable acts" is often used in the Old Testament to describe practices that are abominable to God, such as idolatry, child sacrifice, and other pagan rituals. Ahab's actions are considered particularly egregious because he led the nation of Israel into sin, violating the first commandment to have no other gods before Yahweh (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). His marriage to Jezebel, a Phoenician princess, further influenced his turn to idolatry, as she promoted the worship of Baal.<p><b>by going after idols</b><br>Idolatry is a recurring sin in the history of Israel, often leading to divine judgment. Ahab's pursuit of idols, specifically Baal and Asherah, represents a direct rebellion against God. The worship of these deities involved rituals that were contrary to the worship of Yahweh, including sexual immorality and human sacrifice. This pursuit of idols is a spiritual adultery, as Israel was in a covenant relationship with God, akin to a marriage (<a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2-5</a>).<p><b>just like the Amorites</b><br>The Amorites were one of the Canaanite nations inhabiting the Promised Land before the Israelites. They were known for their idolatrous practices and moral corruption, which led to their eventual expulsion by the Israelites under God's command (<a href="/deuteronomy/20-17.htm">Deuteronomy 20:17-18</a>). The comparison to the Amorites highlights the severity of Ahab's sin, as he adopted the same practices that had previously led to the downfall of these nations.<p><b>whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites</b><br>This phrase underscores God's sovereignty and judgment. The expulsion of the Amorites and other Canaanite nations was part of God's plan to establish Israel in the Promised Land. It was a fulfillment of the promise made to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>) and a demonstration of God's holiness, as He could not tolerate the sinfulness of the Canaanites. Ahab's actions are a tragic reversal, as he leads Israel into the same sins that led to the Canaanites' destruction, inviting similar judgment upon himself and his kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab</a></b><br>The king of Israel who is described as having acted abominably by following idols, similar to the Amorites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm">Jezebel</a></b><br>Ahab's wife, who influenced him to commit idolatry and other sins.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/amorites.htm">Amorites</a></b><br>A group of people who inhabited Canaan before the Israelites and were known for their idolatrous practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were commanded to worship Him alone and avoid the idolatrous practices of surrounding nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, previously inhabited by the Amorites and other nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Ahab's actions serve as a warning against the allure of idolatry and the importance of remaining faithful to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/influence_of_ungodly_relationships.htm">Influence of Ungodly Relationships</a></b><br>Jezebel's influence on Ahab highlights the impact that ungodly relationships can have on one's spiritual life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Ahab's idolatry led to severe consequences for himself and Israel, reminding us of the importance of obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>The reference to the Amorites shows that God judges nations and individuals who persist in idolatry and sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Despite Ahab's sins, God's willingness to forgive those who repent is a recurring theme in Scripture, encouraging us to seek His mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'by_my_spirit'_mean.htm">Where is Beersheba mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_rude_kids.htm">What does the Bible say about controlling others?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_david_sneak_into_saul's_camp.htm">How could David and Abishai enter Saul's camp and take his spear and water jug unnoticed by 3,000 soldiers? (1 Samuel 26:7-12)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sacred_objects_fit_with_acts_17_29.htm">Acts 17:29 - If God is beyond images and idols, how do Old Testament instructions for sacred objects not contradict Paul's teaching here?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">As did the Amorites.</span>--The reference is probably not only to the idolatry and worship of false gods, but to the nameless abominations always connected with such worship.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he did very abominably in following idols</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">to go after the idols</span>. For the last word see on 1 Kings 15:12], <span class="cmt_word">according to an things as did the Amorites.</span> [Heb. the Amorite - the word is always singular - here put as a <span class="accented">nomen generale</span> for the seven nations of Canaan. Cf. <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>; <a href="/2_kings/21-11.htm">2 Kings 21:11</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a>; <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9, 10</a>. Strictly the term Amorite, <span class="accented">i.e., Highlander</span>, is in contrast with Canaanite, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, dwellers <span class="accented">in the lowlands</span>; <span class="accented">see</span> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Numbers 13:29</a>; <a href="/joshua/5-1.htm">Joshua 5:1</a>. But the word is used interchangeably with Canaanite (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Deuteronomy 1:44</a> with <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Numbers 14:45</a>, and <a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Judges 1:10</a> with <a href="/genesis/13-8.htm">Genesis 13:8</a>), Hittites (<a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Judges 1:10</a> with <a href="/genesis/23-2.htm">Genesis 23:2, 3, 10</a>), Hivites (<a href="/genesis/48-22.htm">Genesis 48:22</a> with <a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2</a>), and Jebusites (<a href="/joshua/10-5.htm">Joshua 10:5, 6</a>, with Joshua 17:63, etc.) The ethnical and geographical ideas of the Jews were never very precise. The idolatries of the seven nations had lingered, as we might expect, amongst the Zidonians, whence they were reintroduced into the kingdom of Samaria - one fruit of disobedience to the command of <a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-5</a>, etc.], <span class="cmt_word">whom the Lord cast out</span> <span class="cmt_word">before the children of Israel</span> [<a href="/deuteronomy/2-34.htm">Deuteronomy 2:34</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/3-8.htm">Deuteronomy 3:8, 8</a>,etc.] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/21-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He committed the most</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">detestable acts</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּתְעֵ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaṯ·‘êḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8581.htm">Strong's 8581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loathe, detest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by going</span><br /><span class="heb">לָלֶ֖כֶת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·le·ḵeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">idols,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gil·lu·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> </span><span class="str2">A log, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּכֹל֙</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Amorites</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֱמֹרִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had driven out</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹרִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·rîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites.)</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 21:26 He did very abominably in following idols (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 21:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 21:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 21:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 21:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>