Who is the most famous leader of your country? Who is the leader now? Most people, especially adults, have strong opinions about whoever happens to be leading the country at the time. Some leaders have been great, some not so great, and a few are even known for the evil things they did. The history of Israel’s leaders is a bit mixed too. Moses was a great leader. Joshua and David too. Then there was Samson, who was not so great, and King Saul who was awfully bad. Other kings were even worse. They did “evil in the sight of the Lord” (1 Kings 15:26). Of all the rotten rulers in Israel’s long history, King Ahab and his wife, Jezebel, may have been the evilest, nastiest, vilest, wickedest, foulest, and cruelest. They were the worstest! (Okay, worstest isn’t a word, but you get the idea.) This bad king and his bad wife did some bad things. Like what? Like worshiping false gods—one named Asherah and the other named Baal. Like killing God’s true prophets. And what they did got God’s attention. Our Lord hates idolatry and murder. What will God do about these evil, nasty, vile, wicked rulers who reject him and kill his prophets? Will the worstest win? In the story we’re learning today, that’s just what we’ll find out.