And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. (2 Kings 3:2)
Ahab, the father of Joram, was one of the most wicked kings of Israel. Concerning some of the evils which he wrought see 1 Kings 16:30-33. Ahaziah, the brother of Joram, also wrought evil and was allowed by the Lord to die because of his devotion to the worship of Baal (2 Kings 1:16, 17). By the time of Joram, however, the reformatory work of Elijah and Elisha was evidently having a marked effect, so that when the evaluation of his far from righteous reign is given, he is said not to have been “like his father.”
He put away.
Ahab had established a temple for the worship of Baal in the city of Samaria, and had set up in it an altar for Baal (1 Kings 16:32). He probably had also placed in it an image, or sacred pillar, for Baal, which was now removed by Joram.