22. In the end, those in favour of Omri won; Tibni died and Omri became king.
23. So in the 31st year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he ruled for twelve years. The first six years he ruled in Tirzah,
24. and then he bought the hill of Samaria for 6,000 pieces of silver from a man named Shemer. Omri fortified the hill, built a town there, and named it Samaria, after Shemer, the former owner of the hill.
25. Omri sinned against the Lord more than any of his predecessors.
26. Like Jeroboam before him, he aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by his sins and by leading the people into sin and idolatry.
27. Everything else that Omri did and all his accomplishments are recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
28. Omri died and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab succeeded him as king.
29. In the 38th year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for 22 years.
30. He sinned against the Lord more than any of his predecessors.
31. It was not enough for him to sin like King Jeroboam; he went further and married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon, and worshipped Baal.
32. He built a temple to Baal in Samaria, made an altar for him, and put it in the temple.