I Kings 16:25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him. 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 28 And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
The downward spiritual spiral was increasing with each king of the Northern Kingdom. When it seemed like it could get no worse, Omri did even more evil that those before him, increasing the idols in the land. Then came his son Ahab. Many know that name more than all those before him. Several chapters are given to his reign and rivalry against the prophet Elijah. It is here that we will find how deeply seeded and rooted evil had become. What will it take to turn these people around? What will it take to turn us around?
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