Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 21:26
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.
26. he did very abominably ] Ahab himself cast aside the worship which his predecessors had inaugurated and followed, and followed Jezebel in her idolatry.
according to all things as did the Amorites ] Better, with R.V., according to all that the Amorites did. The Amorites are mentioned probably because, being widely spread, the name had become representative of all the nations cast out before the children of Israel. They were the dwellers on the hills, like the Hittite and the Jebusite. It may therefore be that the Amorite worship and customs had lingered in the hill country of Samaria, and been revived during the idolatrous reign of Ahab.
whom the Lord cast out ] The R.V. has usually changed ‘cast’ into ‘drave’ in these passages. See 1Ki 14:24. There seems no reason why it should not be done here.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The Amorites appear here as representatives of the old Canaanite nations (Gen 15:16 note). It seems to be implied here that their idolatries were in the main identical with those of the Phoenicians which Ahab had adopted.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The Amorites, i.e. the seven nations of Canaan, all called by this name, as Gen 15:16; 48:22; Amo 2:9,10.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And he did very abominably in following idols,…. Which were abominable to the Lord; “dunghill gods”, as the Tigurine version:
according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel; meaning the seven nations that formerly inhabited Canaan, but were driven out for their sins, to make way for the children of Israel, of which the Amorites were one, and here put for all the rest.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(26) As did the Amorites.The reference is probably not only to the idolatry and worship of false gods, but to the nameless abominations always connected with such worship.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ki 21:26 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.
Ver. 26. And he did very abominably. ] All idolatries are abominable, 1Pe 4:3 both pagan and papagan.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
idols = filthy idols. Compare Lev 26:30.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
very abominably: 2Ch 15:8, Isa 65:4, Jer 16:18, Jer 44:4, Eze 18:12, 1Pe 4:3, Rev 21:8
according to: Gen 15:16, Lev 18:25-30, Lev 20:22, Lev 20:23, Deu 12:31, 2Ki 16:3, 2Ki 21:2, 2Ki 21:11, 2Ch 33:2, 2Ch 33:9, 2Ch 36:14, Ezr 9:11-14, Psa 106:35-39, Eze 16:47
Reciprocal: 1Ki 16:31 – served Baal 2Ki 17:8 – walked Eze 16:3 – Amorite Eze 23:5 – Aholah Mic 6:16 – the works