Some may wonder how so many people of the northern tribes of Israel could be persuaded to turn away from our Creator to worship other gods. 1 Kings 16:33, “ Ahab also made the Asherah. Thus Ahab did more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.” Living in a kingdom means following the rulings of the king, many of the people were threatened with death if they did not bow down to the pagan god of Ahab.