John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:25
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord ,.... Not of any of his predecessors, even those whose families had been destroyed, as his would be, 1 Kings 21:21 . See Gill on 1 Kings 21:20 . whom Jezebel his wife stirred up ; to idolatry, revenge, and murder, and to whose will he was a slave, and is one instance of his being a captive to sin, and giving up himself to the power of it. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 21:17-29
In these verses we may observe, I. The very bad character that is given of Ahab (1 Kgs. 21:25, 26), which comes in here to justify God in the heavy sentence passed upon him, and to show that though it was passed upon occasion of his sin in the matter of Naboth (which David's sin in the matter of Uriah did too much resemble), yet God would not have punished him so severely if he had not been guilty of many other sins, especially idolatry; whereas David, except in that one matter, did that which... read more