![]() ![]() Ahab married a woman who was meaner than he was. Ahab did this to a greater degree than any king before him and his obstinacy in committing idolatry is what angered God. What made this worse is that he knew better, but he decided to continue in this sin anyway. Not only did he continue in idolatry, but he also didn’t care if others did the same, which simply means that he encouraged it. He continued in this sin, which is one of the things that is meant when the Bible mentions Jeroboam’s sins. The dominant sin in Ahab’s life was idolatry. Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel before him.” – 1 Kings 16:30-33 He put an altar to Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel, daughter of Et-baal, king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. “Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than any who went before him. ![]() Ahab had a very indifferent attitude towards his sin and the sins of others. As wicked and wicked a king as he was, there are things we know about Ahab in the Bible that let us know that he was fully aware of the sinfulness of his ways. By the way, this was not an easy task because the kings before him were quite sinful in their own right. ![]() What is said of him in 1 Kings 16 is that he did more evil in the sight of the Lord than any of the kings who preceded him. Ahab was the son of Omri, and he reigned in Israel twenty-two years. When you consider the kings of Israel and the evil they did in the sight of the Lord, perhaps no one is more famous or infamous than King Ahab. ![]()
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