1 Kings 21:26

And he did very abominably in following idols [Heb. to go after the idols . For the last word see on 1 Kings 15:12 ], according to an things as did the Amorites. [Heb. the Amorite—the word is always singular—here put as a nomen generale for the seven nations of Canaan. Cf. Genesis 15:16 ; 2 Kings 21:11 ; Ezekiel 16:8 ; Amos 2:9 , Amos 2:10 . Strictly the term Amorite, i.e; Highlander, is in contrast with Canaanite, i.e; dwellers in the lowlands ; see Numbers 13:29 ; Joshua 5:1 . But the word is used interchangeably with Canaanite (cf. Deuteronomy 1:44 with Numbers 14:45 , and 1:10 with Genesis 13:8 ), Hittites ( 1:10 with Genesis 23:2 , Genesis 23:3 , Genesis 23:10 ), Hivites ( Genesis 48:22 with Genesis 34:2 ), and Jebusites ( Joshua 10:5 , Joshua 10:6 , with Joshua 17:1-18 :63, etc.) The ethnical and geographical ideas of the Jews were never very precise. The idolatries of the seven nations had lingered, as we might expect, amongst the Zidonians, whence they were reintroduced into the kingdom of Samaria—one fruit of disobedience to the command of Deuteronomy 7:1-5 , etc.], whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel [ Deuteronomy 2:34 ; Deuteronomy 3:8 , Deuteronomy 3:8 , etc.]