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Ahab and Jezebel establish Baal worship

Ahab married Jezebel of Sidon, served Baal, and built him a temple and altar in Samaria. He did more to provoke the LORD than all the kings of Israel before him (1 Kings 16:30-33).

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📖 1 Kings 16:29–31

29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years. 30However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. 31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

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Sources: Scripture — 1 Kings 16:29-34
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