1 Kings 16:29-31

International Children’s Bible

Ahab King of Israel

²⁹ So Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel. This was during Asa’s thirty-eighth year as king of Judah. Ahab ruled Israel in the town of Samaria for 22 years. ³⁰ Ahab did many things that the Lord said were wrong. He did more evil than any of the kings before him. ³¹ He sinned in the same ways that Jeroboam son of Nebat had sinned. But he did even worse things. He married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal. (Ethbaal was king of the city of Sidon.) Then Ahab began to serve Baal and worship him.