27. The rest of Omri’s deeds and his powerful acts, aren’t they written in the official records of Israel’s kings?
28. Omri lay down with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab succeeded him as king.
29. In the thirty-eighth year of Judah’s King Asa, Ahab, Omri’s son, became king of Israel. He ruled over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years
30. and did evil in the Lord’s eyes, more than anyone who preceded him.
31. Ahab found it easy to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, Nebat’s son. He married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, who was the king of the Sidonians. He served and worshipped Baal.
32. He made an altar for Baal in the Baal temple he had constructed in Samaria.
33. Ahab also made a sacred pole and did more to anger the Lord, the God of Israel, than any of Israel’s kings who preceded him.
34. During Ahab’s time, Hiel from Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He set up its foundations at the cost of his oldest son Abiram. He hung its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub. This fulfilled the Lord’s word spoken through Joshua, Nun’s son.