And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him — Ahab marries Jezebel (אִיזָבֶל), daughter of the Phoenician king Ethbaal, and adopts Baal worship. The phrase 'as if it had been a light thing' shows escalation: mere perpetuation of Jeroboam's schism becomes insufficient; Ahab embraces foreign goddess worship through marriage covenant. Jezebel introduces systematic Baal cult to Israel.

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