30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
30 Ahab son of Omri did even more open evil before God than anyone yet - a new champion in evil!
30 Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
30 But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, even more than any of the kings before him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 16:30
Commentary on 1 Kings 16:29-34
(Read 1 Kings 16:29-34)
Ahab did evil above all that reigned before him, and did it with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not satisfied with breaking the second commandment by image-worship, he broke the first by worshipping other gods: making light of lesser sins makes way for greater. Marriages with daring offenders also imbolden in wickedness, and hurry men on to the greatest excesses. One of Ahab's subjects, following the example of his presumption, ventured to build Jericho. Like Achan, he meddled with the accursed thing; turned that to his own use, which was devoted to God's honour: he began to build, in defiance of the curse well devoted to God's honour: he began to build, in defiance of the curse well known in Israel; but none ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. Let the reading of this chapter cause us to mark the dreadful end of all the workers of iniquity. And what does the history of all ungodly men furnish, what ever rank or situation they move in, but sad examples of the same?