1 Kings 16:31

31 {If it wasn't enough that he went} after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he also took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal the king of the Sidonians. He went and served Baal and bowed down to him.

1 Kings 16:31 In-Context

29 Now Ahab son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
30 But Ahab son of Omri did evil in the eyes of Yahweh more than all who were before him.
31 {If it wasn't enough that he went} after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he also took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal the king of the Sidonians. He went and served Baal and bowed down to him.
32 And he built an altar to Baal in the house of Baal which he had built in Samaria.
33 Ahab also made the sacred pole, and {he continued to provoke} Yahweh the God of Israel more than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "It happened that it was trivial his going"
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