26 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of his father and committing the same sin his father had caused Israel to commit.
26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
26 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
26 He was openly evil before God - he followed in the footsteps of his father who both sinned and made Israel sin.
26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
26 But he did what was evil in the Lord 's sight and followed the example of his father, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 15:26
Commentary on 1 Kings 15:25-34
(Read 1 Kings 15:25-34)
During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Observe the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground. Divine threatenings are not designed merely to terrify. Ungodly men execute the just judgments of God upon each other. But in the midst of dreadful sins and this apparent confusion, the Lord carries on his own plan: when it is fully completed, the glorious justice, wisdom, truth, and mercy therein displayed, shall be admired and adored through all the ages of eternity.