Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he planted a sacred grove. And Ahab added to his works, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, beyond all the kings of Israel who had been before him. "
— 1 Kings 16:33, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.”
“And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. ”
“Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.”
“Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he did more to anger the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.”
“And he planted a grove: and Achab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him.”
“And Ahab made an image of Asherah and did more than all the kings of Israel before him to make the Lord, the God of Israel, angry.”
“And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.”
And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the sight of the Lord, beyond all who had been before him.
And it was not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. In addition, he took as a wife Jezebel, the daughter of Eth-baal, the king of the Sidonians. And he went astray, and he served Baal, and adored him.
And he set up an altar for Baal, in the temple of Baal, which he had built at Samaria.
And he planted a sacred grove. And Ahab added to his works, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, beyond all the kings of Israel who had been before him.
In his days, Hiel from Bethel built up Jericho. With Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it, and with Segub, his youngest son, he set up its gates, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the hand of Joshua, the son of Nun.