Jehoram Reigns over Israel

3 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria; he reigned twelve years.^{(A) 2} He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he removed the pillar of Baal that his father had made.^{(B) 3} Nevertheless, he clung to the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to commit; he did not depart from it.^(C)