32 Then he set up an altar for Baal in (A)the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33 (B)And Ahab made a [a]wooden image. Ahab (C)did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. 34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation [b]with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, (D)according to the word of the Lord, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:33 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
  2. 1 Kings 16:34 At the cost of the life of

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