But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him — Despite Omri's political and military achievements, the narrator condemns his reign as surpassing predecessors in evil. The phrase shows the Deuteronomistic conviction: external power and dynastic stability cannot compensate for religious apostasy. Omri's building projects and military reputation (he eventually becomes infamous in Assyrian records as 'Bit-Omri') count as nothing in the eyes of the LORD.

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