Now Ahabthe sonof OmribecamekingoverIsraelin the thirty-eighthyearof Asakingof Judah,and Ahabthe sonof OmrireignedoverIsraelin Samariatwenty-twoyears.
Thenthe peopleof Israelwere dividedinto twoparts:halfof the peoplefollowedTibnithe sonof Ginath,to makehim king;the [other] halffollowedOmri.
In the thirty-firstyearof Asakingof Judah,OmribecamekingoverIsrael[and reigned] twelveyears;he reignedsixyearsat Tirzah.
He boughtthe hillSamariafrom Shemerfor two talentsof silver;and he builton the hill,and namedthe citywhichhe builtSamaria,afterthe nameof Shemer,the ownerof the hill.
So Omrisleptwith his fathersand was buriedin Samaria;and Ahabhis sonbecamekingin his place.
Ahabthe sonof Omrididevilin the sightof the LORDmorethanallwhowere beforehim.
Ahabalso madethe Asherah.Thus Ahabdidmoreto provokethe LORDGodof Israelthanallthe kingsof Israelwhowere beforehim.
"Arise,godownto meetAhabkingof Israel,whois in Samaria;behold,he is in the vineyardof Nabothwherehe has gonedownto takepossessionof it.
But the troopswhomAmaziahsentbackfrom goingwith him to battle,raidedthe citiesof Judah,from Samariato Beth-horon,and struckdown3000of them and plunderedmuchspoil.
that eightymencamefrom Shechem,from Shiloh,and from Samariawith their beardsshavedoffand their clothestornand their bodies gashed,having grain offeringsand incensein their handsto bringto the houseof the LORD.
When Ephraimspoke,[there was] trembling.He exaltedhimselfin Israel,But through Baalhe didwrongand died.
"The statutesof OmriAnd allthe worksof the houseof Ahabare observed;And in their devicesyou walk.ThereforeI will giveyou up for destructionAnd your inhabitantsfor derision,And you will bearthe reproachof My people."
