1 Kings 16:29-34 - The Reign Of Ahab In Israel

²⁹ The thirty eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and reigned in Samaria twenty two years. ³⁰ And he displeased the LORD above all that were before him. ³¹ For it seemed him a light thing to walk in the sin of Jeroboam - But took Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians to wife, and went and served Baal and bowed unto him. ³² And he reared an altar to Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria. ³³ And Ahab made a grove, and proceeded further in angering the LORD God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

³⁴ In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. And it cost him Abiram his eldest son when he laid the foundation, and his youngest son when he set up the gates, agreeing unto the word of the LORD which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.