27. Isn’t everything else about Omri—what he did and his heroic acts—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?
28. Omri lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab succeeded him as king.
29. Ahab, son of Omri, began to rule Israel in Asa’s thirty-eighth year as king of Judah. He ruled for 22 years in Samaria.
30. Ahab, son of Omri, did what the Lord considered evil. He was worse than all ⌊the kings⌋ who were before him.
31. It wasn’t enough that he committed the same sins as Jer o boam (Nebat’s son). He also married Jezbel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Ahab then served and worshiped Baal.
32. He built the temple of Baal in Samaria and set up an altar there.
33. Ahab made poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. He did more to make the Lord God of Israel furious than all the kings of Israel who came before him.
34. In Ahab’s time Hiel from Bethel rebuilt Jericho.Laying the foundationcost him his firstborn son, Abiram.Setting up the city doorscost him his youngest son, Segub.The Lord had spoken this through Joshua, son of Nun.