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.