Ahab Reigns in Israel

1 Kings 16

²⁹ In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. ³⁰ And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, _k more than all who were before him. ³¹ And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, _l he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the _m Sidonians, _n and went and served Baal and worshiped him. ³² He erected an altar for Baal in _o the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. ³³ And Ahab made an _p Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger _k than all the kings of Israel who were before him. ³⁴ _q In his days Hiel of Bethel built _r Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

1. Cross References
   1 Kings 21:25
   ( There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.
   1 Kings 16:25
   Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him.
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 34:16
   And you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
   Deuteronomy 7:3
   You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.
   
3. Cross References
   Judges 18:7
   Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Kings 21:25 - 26
   ( There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.
   2 Kings 3:2
   He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
   2 Kings 10:18
   Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
   2 Kings 17:16
   And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Kings 10:21
   And Jehu sent throughout all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And they entered the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.
   2 Kings 10:26 - 27
   And they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Kings 18:19
   Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me ...
   2 Kings 13:6
   Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins...
   2 Kings 17:10
   They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim ...
   2 Kings 21:3
   For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah hi...
   2 Chronicles 14:3
   He took away the foreign altars and the high pl...
   Exodus 34:13
   You shall tear down their altars and break thei...
   Jeremiah 17:2
   While their children remember their altars and ...
   
7. Cross References
   1 Kings 16:30
   And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
   
8. Cross References
   Joshua 6:26
   Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, "Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. "At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.
   
9. Cross References
   2 Kings 2:4
   Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho." But he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they came to Jericho.
   2 Kings 2:18 - 22
   And they came back to him while he was staying at Jericho, and he said to them, "Did I not say to you, 'Do not go'?