³¹ And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^(A)that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the ^(B)Sidonians; ^(C)and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.

¹⁶ So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, ^(A)made for themselves a molded image and two calves, ^(B)made a wooden image and worshiped all the ^(C)host of heaven, ^(D)and served Baal.

Worshipers of Baal Killed

¹⁸ Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, ^(A)“Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu will serve him much.

⁷ So the five men departed and went to ^(A)Laish. They saw the people who were there, ^(B)how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the ^(C)Sidonians, and they had no ties ^[a]with anyone.

²⁵ But ^(A)there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the Lord, ^(B)because Jezebel his wife ^[a]stirred him up. ²⁶ And he behaved very abominably in following idols, according to all ^(C)that the Amorites had done, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.