26. In every way he imitated the sinful conduct of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and the sin he had caused Israel to commit, thus provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols.
27. The rest of the acts of Omri, what he did and his valor, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
28. Omri rested with his ancestors; he was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son succeeded him as king.
29. Ahab, son of Omri, became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, king of Judah. Ahab, son of Omri, reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.
30. Ahab, son of Omri, did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than any of his predecessors.
31. It was not enough for him to follow the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat. He even married Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal, and worship him.
32. Ahab set up an altar to Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria,
33. and also made an asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than any of the kings of Israel before him.
34. During his reign, Hiel from Bethel rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram, his firstborn son, he laid the foundation, and at the cost of Segub, his youngest son, he set up the gates, according to the word of the Lord spoken through Joshua, son of Nun.