But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 21:25 in context
1 Kings 21:22–28
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I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”
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The LORD also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
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The dogs will eat whoever dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the field.”
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But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
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He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.
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The LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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