³⁰ Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord ^(A)more than all who were before him.

³¹ And as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^(B)he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the ^(C)Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him. ³² So he erected an altar for Baal at ^(D)the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. ³³ Ahab also made ^(E)the ^[a]Asherah. So ^(F)Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

¹⁹ Now then, send orders and gather to me all Israel at ^(A)Mount Carmel, ^(B)together with 450 prophets of Baal and four hundred prophets of ^[a](C)the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

¹³ but ^(A)have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be unfaithful ^(B)as the house of Ahab was unfaithful, and you ^(C)have also killed your brothers, ^[a]your own family, who were better than you,