29Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel twenty-two years in Samaria.30Ahab son of Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD more than all who were before him.31It was light in his eyes to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat. He took a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he went and served Baal and bowed down to it.32He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal which he built in Samaria.33Ahab made the Asherah pole. Ahab added to his provocation of the LORD God of Israel more than all the kings of Israel who were before him.34In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. He founded it with Abiram his firstborn, and he set up its doors with Segub his youngest, according to the word of the LORD which he spoke by Joshua son of Nun.