1 Kings 21:25

Ahab's Repentance

25 (¹There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.

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1 Kings 21:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:25

But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to
work wickedness in the sight of the Lord
Not of any of his predecessors, even those whose families had been destroyed, as his would be, ( 1 Kings 21:21 ) . (See Gill on 1 Kings 21:20).

whom Jezebel his wife stirred up;
to idolatry, revenge, and murder, and to whose will he was a slave, and is one instance of his being a captive to sin, and giving up himself to the power of it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 21:25 In-Context

23 And of Jezebel the LORD also said, 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel.'

24 Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat."

25 (There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.

26 He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the people of Israel.)

27 And when Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.

Cross References 1

1. See 1 Kings 16:30-33

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