3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; 1 he ruled for twelve years. 3:2 He did evil in the sight of 2 the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made. 3:3 Yet he persisted in 3 the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them. 4
3:4 Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. 5 He would send as tribute 6 to the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.