Bible Commentary

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. 33. And Ahab made a grove ] R.V. the Ashrah. That is, the image which was to represent the female divinity, of which Baal was the male. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:33”

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 32. in the house of Baal ] The LXX. renders by = in the house of his abominations. This is after the fashion of the Jews who preferred to use the word ‘bosheth’ = shame, rather … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:32”

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him. 31. as if it had been a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:31”

And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that [were] before him. See 1Ki 16:33. The great sin of Ahab – that by which he differed from all his predecessors, and exceeded them in wickedness – was his introduction of the worship of Baal, consequent upon his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:30”

And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 29 33. Ahab king of Israel. His excess of wickedness (Not in Chronicles) 29. And in the thirty … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:29”

So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 28. At the close of this verse the LXX. inserts words almost identical with chap. 1Ki 22:41-50, about the accession and the acts of Jehoshaphat. The only variation worth noting is that it is said that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:28”

Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? His might – Perhaps in the war between Israel and Syria of Damascus (1Ki 20:1, etc.), during the reign of Omri. Its issue … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:27”

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. 26. in his sin [R.V. sins ]. In the Hebrew text there is a various reading, the margin ( Keri) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:26”

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that [were] before him. 25. But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord ] R.V. and Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. Thus translating as in other passages. and did worse than … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:25”

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. 24. the hill Samaria ] This is the first historic mention of the place which subsequently became … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:24”