Ahab Reigns in Israel
29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, ch. 21:25;[ver. 25]more than all who were before him. 31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, [Ex. 34:16;Deut. 7:3] he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Judg. 18:7Sidonians, ch. 21:25,26;[2 Kgs. 3:2;10:18;17:16]and went and served Baal and worshiped him. 32 He erected an altar for Baal in 2 Kgs. 10:21,26,27the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made an ch. 18:19;2 Kgs. 13:6;17:10;21:3;2 Chr. 14:3;[Ex. 34:13;Jer. 17:2] Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger [See ver. 30above]than all the kings of Israel who were before him.