1. Joram son of Ahab became king of Israel in Jehoshaphat's eighteenth year as king of Judah. Joram ruled twelve years from Samaria
2. and disobeyed the Lord by doing wrong. He tore down the stone image his father had made to honour Baal, and so he wasn't as sinful as his parents.
3. But he kept doing the sinful things that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to do.