עָמְרִ֗י of Omri ‘ā·mə·rî מָלַךְ֙ became king mā·laḵ עַל־ of ‘al- יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Israel , yiś·rā·’êl אַחְאָ֨ב - ’aḥ·’āḇ בֶּן־ - ben- עָמְרִ֤י - ‘ā·mə·rî וַ֠יִּמְלֹךְ and he reigned way·yim·lōḵ עַל־ - ‘al- יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ - yiś·rā·’êl בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן in Samaria bə·šō·mə·rō·wn עֶשְׂרִ֥ים twenty-two ‘eś·rîm וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם . . . ū·šə·ta·yim שָׁנָֽה׃ years . šā·nāh 1 Kings 16:30 אַחְאָ֧ב However, Ahab ’aḥ·’āḇ בֶּן־ son ben- עָמְרִ֛י of Omri ‘ā·mə·rî וַיַּ֨עַשׂ did way·ya·‘aś הָרַ֖ע evil hā·ra‘ בְּעֵינֵ֣י in the sight bə·‘ê·nê יְהוָ֑ה of YHWH , Yah·weh מִכֹּ֖ל more than all mik·kōl אֲשֶׁ֥ר who ’ă·šer לְפָנָֽיו׃ were before him . lə·p̄ā·nāw 1 Kings 16:31 וַיְהִי֙ And as if it were way·hî הֲנָקֵ֣ל not enough hă·nā·qêl לֶכְתּ֔וֹ for him to walk leḵ·tōw בְּחַטֹּ֖אות in the sins bə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·wṯ יָרָבְעָ֣ם of Jeroboam yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām בֶּן־ son ben- נְבָ֑ט of Nebat , nə·ḇāṭ וַיִּקַּ֨ח he even married way·yiq·qaḥ אִשָּׁ֜ה . . . ’iš·šāh אֶת־ - ’eṯ- אִיזֶ֗בֶל Jezebel ’î·ze·ḇel בַּת־ the daughter baṯ- אֶתְבַּ֙עַל֙ of Ethbaal ’eṯ·ba·‘al מֶ֣לֶךְ king me·leḵ צִידֹנִ֔ים of the Sidonians , ṣî·ḏō·nîm וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ and he then proceeded way·yê·leḵ וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣ד to serve way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- הַבַּ֔עַל - hab·ba·‘al וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ and worship way·yiš·ta·ḥū לֽוֹ׃ [Baal] . lōw 1 Kings 16:32 וַיָּ֥קֶם First, [Ahab] set up way·yā·qem מִזְבֵּ֖חַ an altar miz·bê·aḥ לַבָּ֑עַל for Baal lab·bā·‘al בֵּ֣ית in the temple bêṯ הַבַּ֔עַל of Baal hab·ba·‘al אֲשֶׁ֥ר that ’ă·šer בָּנָ֖ה he had built bā·nāh בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ in Samaria . bə·šō·mə·rō·wn 1 Kings 16:33 אַחְאָ֖ב Then [he] ’aḥ·’āḇ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- וַיַּ֥עַשׂ set up way·ya·‘aś הָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה an Asherah pole . hā·’ă·šê·rāh אַחְאָ֜ב Thus Ahab ’aḥ·’āḇ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת did la·‘ă·śō·wṯ וַיּ֨וֹסֶף more way·yō·w·sep̄ לְהַכְעִיס֙ to provoke lə·haḵ·‘îs אֶת־ - ’eṯ- יְהֹוָה֙ YHWH , Yah·weh אֱלֹהֵ֣י the God ’ĕ·lō·hê יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל of Israel, {to anger} yiś·rā·’êl מִכֹּ֨ל than all mik·kōl מַלְכֵ֣י the kings mal·ḵê יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל of Israel yiś·rā·’êl אֲשֶׁ֥ר - ’ă·šer הָי֖וּ - hā·yū לְפָנָֽיו׃ before him . lə·p̄ā·nāw 1 Kings 16:34 בְּיָמָ֞יו In [Ahab’s] days , bə·yā·māw חִיאֵ֛ל Hiel ḥî·’êl בֵּ֥ית vvv bêṯ הָאֱלִ֖י the Bethelite hā·’ĕ·lî אֶת־ - ’eṯ- בָּנָ֥ה rebuilt bā·nāh יְרִיחֹ֑ה Jericho . yə·rî·ḥōh בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם At the cost of Abiram ba·’ă·ḇî·rām בְּכֹר֜וֹ his firstborn bə·ḵō·rōw יִסְּדָ֗הּ he laid its foundation , yis·sə·ḏāh וּבִשְׂגִיב and at the cost of Segub ū·ḇiś·ḡīḇ צְעִירוֹ֙ his youngest ṣə·‘î·rōw הִצִּ֣יב he set up hiṣ·ṣîḇ דְּלָתֶ֔יהָ its gates , də·lā·ṯe·hā

