33 And Aʹhab went on to make the sacred pole;*+ and Aʹhab came to do more to offend+ Jehovah the God of Israel than all the kings of Israel that happened to be prior to him.

4 Consequently Aʹhab came into his house, sullen and dejected over the word that Naʹboth the Jezʹre·el·ite had spoken to him, when he said: “I shall not give you the hereditary possession of my forefathers.” Then he lay down upon his couch and kept his face turned,+ and he did not eat bread.

21 here I am bringing calamity upon you;+ and I shall certainly make a clean sweep after you+ and cut off from Aʹhab anyone urinating against a wall*+ and the helpless and worthless one* in Israel.

10 Now Aʹhab had seventy+ sons in Sa·marʹi·a.+ Therefore Jeʹhu wrote letters and sent them to Sa·marʹi·a to the princes+ of Jezʹre·el, the older men+ and the caretakers of Aʹhab,* saying:

18 And Je·hoshʹa·phat came to have riches and glory in abundance;+ but he formed a marriage alliance+ with Aʹhab.+