^21:25(There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed⁴⁰ to doing evil in the sight of⁴¹ the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.⁴²^21:26He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols,⁴³ just like the Amorites⁴⁴ whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)

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Footnotes

40 Heb “who sold himself.”
41 Heb “in the eyes of.”
42 Heb “like Ahab … whom his wife Jezebel incited.”
43 The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. 183 גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).
44 Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

(There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited. He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the people of Israel.)

NIVNew International Version (2011)

(There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife. He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the Lord drove out before Israel.)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Still, there was no one like Ahab, who devoted himself to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight, because his wife Jezebel incited him. He committed the most detestable acts by following idols as the Amorites had, whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

NLTNew Living Translation

(No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the Lord’s sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel. 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.)

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Truly, there was no one like Ahab who had sold himself by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh, whose wife Jezebel urged him on. Also, he acted very abominably by going after idols like all the Amorites had done whom Yahweh had driven out from before the Israelites.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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. 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.

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