Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

For he walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin,.... Worshipping the calves;

to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities; these, and whatsoever idols else were worshipped by him, see 1 Kings 16:13.

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Did worse — Perhaps he made severer laws concerning the calf worship; whence we read of the statutes of Omri, Micah 6:16.

John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Ver. 26. For he walked in all the way.] In tota via Ieroboami et in singulis peccatis eius: yea, and herein he outdid Jeroboam, in that he "framed mischief by a law," [Psalms 94:20] for we read of "the statutes of Omri" [Micah 6:16] binding people to idolatry.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He walked in all the way of Jeroboam, i.e. did not only promote the worship of the calves, as Jeroboam and all his successors hitherto had done; but did also imitate all Jeroboam’s other sins, which doubtless were many and great; and peradventure he added this to the rest, that together with the calves he worshipped devils, i.e. other idols of the heathens, as may be thought from 1 Corinthians 10:20, where his worship of the devils and of the calves is distinguished. Besides, though he did no more for the substance of the action than his predecessors did, yet he might justly and truly be said to do worse than they, because he did it with greater aggravations, after so many terrible examples of Divine vengeance upon the kings and people of Israel for that sin; or because he made severer laws concerning the calf-worship, whence we read of the statutes of Omri, Micah 6:16; or did more industriously and violently execute them, with greater despite against God, and malice against his servants.

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

With their vanities. That is, their idols, their golden calves, vain, false, deceitful things.

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

he walked

2,7,19; 12:26-33; 13:33,34

their vanities

13; Psalms 31:6; Jeremiah 8:19; 10:3,8; 14:22; 16:19; 18:15; Acts 14:15; Romans 1:21-23