29 Omri’s son Ahav became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Ahab’s reign over Yehudah, and he reigned Israel from Shomron for twenty-two years. 30 Ahav did what Yahweh had said was evil—in fact he did more evil things than all those kings who preceded him. 31 As if following Yarave’am’s behaviour wasn’t bad enough, he married Izevel (Jezebel), the daughter of the Sidonian King Etbaal, then went and served Baal and bowed down to him. 32 He built a temple for Baal in Shomron and placed an altar in it. 33 Ahav also made an Asherah pole and went on to provoke Israel’s God Yahweh to get angry, more than any of the previous kings of Israel had done. 34 During his reign, Hiel from Beyt-El rebuilt Yeriko city. As they laid the foundations, his eldest son Aviram died, and when they hung the city gates, his youngest son Seguv died, just as Yahweh had told (Nun’s son) Yehoshua (Joshua).[ref]