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27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he
did, and the might that he showed, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel? 69:26 the ones You have struck. Those hostile
28 So Omri rested with his fathers and was to the psalmist were ridiculing him as one suf-
buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned fering from God’s chastisement.In its messianic
in his place. application, the suffering of the Messiah was a
29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Ju- part of God’s plan from eternity past (Is.53:10).
dah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over
Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over And talk of the grief of those You have
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Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. Now wounded.
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of 27 Add iniquity to their iniquity,
the LORD, more than all who were before him. And let them not come into Your
righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of
the living,
16:30 evil…more than all who were before And not be written with the righteous.
him. With Ahab,Israel’s spiritual decay reached
its lowest point. He was even worse than his Proverbs 17:25–26
father, Omri, who was more wicked than all 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
before him (v. 25). Ahab’s evil consisted of per- And bitterness to her who bore him.
petuating all the sins of Jeroboam and pro-
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moting the worship of Baal in Israel (vv.31,32). Also, to punish the righteous is not
Of all Israel’s kings, Ahab outraged the Lord good,
most (v.33). Nor to strike princes for their
uprightness.
31 And it came to pass, as though it had been a
trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as 17:26 punish…strike.Here is a clear statement
wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of on political and religious injustice, focusing on
the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal the equally bad mistreatment of the innocent
and worshiped him. Then he set up an altar and the noble.
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for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had
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built in Samaria. And Ahab made a wooden
image. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD John 13:1–20
God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Is-
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rael who were before him. In his days Hiel of Now before the Feast of the Passover,
Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation 13 when Jesus knew that His hour had come
with Abiram his firstborn, and with his that He should depart from this world to the
youngest son Segub he set up its gates, ac- Father, having loved His own who were in the
cording to the word of the LORD, which He world, He loved them to the end.
had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having
already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot,
Psalm 69:22–28 Simon’s son, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing
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22 Let their table become a snare before that the Father had given all things into His
them, hands, and that He had come from God and
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And their well-being a trap. was going to God, rose from supper and laid
Let their eyes be darkened, so that
23 aside His garments, took a towel and girded
they do not see; Himself. After that, He poured water into a
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And make their loins shake continually. basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet,
24 Pour out Your indignation upon them, and to wipe them with the towel with which He
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And let Your wrathful anger take hold was girded. Then He came to Simon Peter.
of them. And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing
25 Let their dwelling place be desolate; my feet?”
Let no one live in their tents. 7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am
26 doing you do not understand now, but you will
For they persecute the ones You have
struck, know after this.”
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