²⁵ There was no one else like Ahab. At the urging of his wife, he sold himself to do what the Lord considered evil. ²⁶ He did many disgusting things as a result of worshiping idols as the Amorites had done. (The Lord confiscated their land for Israel.)

²⁷ When Ahab heard these things, he tore his clothes ⌞in distress⌟ and dressed in sackcloth. He fasted, lay in sackcloth, and walked around depressed.