Ahab Becomes King of Israel

²⁹ In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years.

³⁰ Ahab son of Omri did more^(A) evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.

⁶ But they did not turn away from the sins^(A) of the house of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit; they continued in them. Also, the Asherah pole^[a](B) remained standing in Samaria.