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.
KJV
et abominabilis factus est, in tantum ut sequeretur idola quæ fecerant Amorrhæi, quos consumpsit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπιστρέψαντος τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο υἱὸς Ἁδὲρ τὴν Συρίαν, καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Ἀφέκα εἰς πόλεμον ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.)
ASV
וַ/יַּתְעֵ֣ב מְאֹ֔ד לָ/לֶ֖כֶת אַחֲרֵ֣י הַ/גִּלֻּלִ֑ים כְּ/כֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ הָ/אֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹרִ֣ישׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִ/פְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
- 2Kgs 21:11 — Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
- 2Kgs 21:11 — Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
- Ezek 16:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
- Gen 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
- Gen 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
- Lev 18:25 — And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.