² but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made cast images for the Baals,^(A)

¹⁷ “You shall not make cast idols.^(A)

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

¹¹ Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals,^(A)

¹⁷ For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more.^(A)

³ He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly. ⁴ He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his ruin.

⁶ He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

²⁶ They brought out the pillar^[a] that was in the temple of Baal and burned it.^{(A) 27} Then they demolished the pillar of Baal and destroyed the temple of Baal and made it a latrine to this day.^(B)

²⁸ Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel.

Ahab Marries Jezebel and Worships Baal

³¹ And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as his wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians and went and served Baal and worshiped him.^{(A) 32} He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal that he built in Samaria.^{(B) 33} Ahab also made a sacred pole.^[a] Ahab did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than had all the kings of Israel who were before him.^(C)

¹³ They abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Astartes.^(A)