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Ahab

The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence over him. To the calf-worship introduced by Jeroboam he added the worship of Baal. He was severely admonished by Elijah (q.v.) for his wickedness. His anger was on this account kindled against the prophet, and he sought to kill him. He undertook three campaigns against Ben-hadad II., king of Damascus. In the first two, which were defensive, he gained a complete victory over Ben-hadad, who fell into his hands, and was afterwards released on the condition of his restoring all the cities of Israel he then held, and granting certain other concessions to Ahab. After three years of peace, for some cause Ahab renewed war (1 Kings 22:3) with Ben-hadad by assaulting the city of Ramoth-gilead, although the prophet Micaiah warned him that he would not succeed, and that the 400 false prophets who encouraged him were only leading him to his ruin. Micaiah was imprisoned for thus venturing to dissuade Ahab from his purpose. Ahab went into the battle disguised, that he might if possible escape the notice of his enemies; but an arrow from a bow “drawn at a venture” pierced him, and though stayed up in his chariot for a time he died towards evening, and Elijah’s prophecy (1 Kings 21:19) was fulfilled. He reigned twenty-three years. Because of his idolatry, lust, and covetousness, Ahab is referred to as pre-eminently the type of a wicked king (2 Kings 8:18; 2 Chr. 22:3; Micah 6:16).

Male

People and places

Father: Omri (KI1 16:16)

Partners: Jezebel

Children: Ahaziah (KI1 22:40), Athaliah (KI2 8:26), Joash (KI1 22:26), Joram (KI2 1:17)

Selected passages

Show passage in OET: KI1 16:29-33

OET-RV KI1 16:29

29 Omri’s son Ahav became king of Yisrael (Israel) in the thirty-eighth year of King Ahav’s reign over Yehudah (Judah), and he reigned Yisrael from Shomron (Samaria) for twenty-two years.

OET-RV KI1 16:30

30 Ahav did what Yahweh had said was evil—in fact he did more evil things than all those kings who preceded him.

OET-RV KI1 16:31

31 As if following Yarov’am’s (Jeroboam) behaviour wasn’t bad enough, he married Izevel (Jezebel), the daughter of the Tsidoni King Etba’al, then went and served Ba’al and bowed down to him.

OET-RV KI1 16:32

32 ⇔He built a temple for Ba’al in Shomron and placed an altar in it.

OET-RV KI1 16:33

33 Ahav also made an Asherah pole and went on to provoke Yisrael’s god Yahweh to get angry, more than any of the previous kings of Yisrael had done.

OET-LV KI1 16:29

29 And_ʼAḩʼāⱱ the _son _of ˊOmrī he _became _king over Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_year thirty and_eight year of_ʼĀşāʼ the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ the _son _of ˊOmrī _he _reigned over Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_Shomrōn twenty and_two year[s].

OET-LV KI1 16:30

30 And_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ the _son _of ˊOmrī _he/it _made the_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH from_all those_who were_before _of_him.

OET-LV KI1 16:31

31 And_he/it _was was_ he_to _walk in_the _sins _of Yāroⱱˊām the _son _of Neⱱaţ _it _trifling and_he/it _took a _wife DOM ʼĪzeⱱel/(Jezebel) the _daughter _of ʼEtbaˊal the _king _of the_Tsīdonī/(Sidonians) and_he/it _went and_he _served DOM (the)_Baˊal and_he _bowed _down to_him/it.

OET-LV KI1 16:32

32 And_he _set _up an _altar to_Baˊal the _house _of (the)_Baˊal which he _built in_Shomrōn.

OET-LV KI1 16:33

33 And_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ _he/it _made DOM (the)_ʼAshērāh_pole and_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ _he _increased for_doing to_provoke _to _anger DOM YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_all the _kings _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who they _were before_him.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (80)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: KI1 16:28

OET-RV KI1 16:28

28 Then Omri died and was buried in Shomron, and his son Ahav replaced him as king.

OET-LV KI1 16:28

28 And_ ˊOmrī _he _lay _down with ancestors _of_his and_he _was _buried in_Shomrōn and_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ his/its_son _he _became _king in_place _of _him.

Show passage in OET: KI1 16:29

OET-RV KI1 16:29

29 Omri’s son Ahav became king of Yisrael (Israel) in the thirty-eighth year of King Ahav’s reign over Yehudah (Judah), and he reigned Yisrael from Shomron (Samaria) for twenty-two years.

OET-LV KI1 16:29

29 And_ʼAḩʼāⱱ the _son _of ˊOmrī he _became _king over Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_year thirty and_eight year of_ʼĀşāʼ the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ the _son _of ˊOmrī _he _reigned over Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_Shomrōn twenty and_two year[s].

Show passage in OET: KI1 16:30

OET-RV KI1 16:30

30 Ahav did what Yahweh had said was evil—in fact he did more evil things than all those kings who preceded him.

OET-LV KI1 16:30

30 And_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ the _son _of ˊOmrī _he/it _made the_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH from_all those_who were_before _of_him.

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KI1: all 45 recorded references

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KI2: all 22 recorded references

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CH2: all 12 recorded references

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MIC: all 1 recorded references

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Words tagged with this person or place

These links follow the source-word tags and may include pronouns. Tagging is not exhaustive.

KI1: 44 tagged passages

KI1 16:28: אַחְאָ֥ב

KI1 16:29: וְ,אַחְאָ֣ב · אַחְאָ֨ב

KI1 16:30: אַחְאָ֧ב

KI1 16:33: אַחְאָ֖ב · אַחְאָ֜ב

KI1 17:1: אַחְאָב֒

KI1 18:1: אַחְאָ֔ב

KI1 18:2: אַחְאָ֑ב

KI1 18:3: אַחְאָ֔ב

KI1 18:5: אַחְאָב֙

KI1 18:6: אַחְאָ֞ב

KI1 18:9: אַחְאָ֖ב

KI1 18:12: לְ,אַחְאָ֛ב

KI1 18:16: אַחְאָ֖ב · אַחְאָ֖ב

KI1 18:17: אַחְאָ֖ב · אַחְאָב֙

KI1 18:20: אַחְאָ֖ב

KI1 18:41: לְ,אַחְאָ֔ב

KI1 18:42: אַחְאָ֖ב

KI1 18:44: אַחְאָב֙

KI1 18:45: אַחְאָ֖ב

KI1 18:46: אַחְאָ֔ב

KI1 19:1: אַחְאָב֙

KI1 20:2: אַחְאָ֥ב

KI1 20:13: אַחְאָ֣ב

KI1 20:14: אַחְאָב֙

KI1 21:1: אַחְאָ֔ב

KI1 21:2: אַחְאָ֣ב

KI1 21:3: אַחְאָ֑ב

KI1 21:4: אַחְאָ֨ב

KI1 21:8: אַחְאָ֔ב

KI1 21:15: אַחְאָ֗ב

KI1 21:16: אַחְאָ֖ב · אַחְאָ֗ב

KI1 21:18: אַחְאָ֥ב

KI1 21:20: אַחְאָב֙

KI1 21:21: לְ,אַחְאָב֙

KI1 21:24: לְ,אַחְאָב֙

KI1 21:25: כְ,אַחְאָ֔ב

KI1 21:27: אַחְאָ֜ב

KI1 21:29: אַחְאָ֖ב

KI1 22:20: אַחְאָ֔ב

KI1 22:39: אַחְאָ֜ב

KI1 22:40: אַחְאָ֖ב

KI1 22:41: לְ,אַחְאָ֖ב

KI1 22:50: אַחְאָב֙

KI1 22:52: אַחְאָ֗ב

KI2: 22 tagged passages

KI2 1:1: אַחְאָֽב

KI2 3:1: אַחְאָ֗ב

KI2 3:5: אַחְאָ֑ב

KI2 8:16: אַחְאָב֙

KI2 8:18: אַחְאָ֔ב · אַחְאָ֔ב

KI2 8:25: אַחְאָ֖ב

KI2 8:27: אַחְאָ֔ב · אַחְאָ֑ב · אַחְאָ֖ב

KI2 8:28: אַחְאָ֗ב

KI2 8:29: אַחְאָ֛ב

KI2 9:7: אַחְאָ֖ב

KI2 9:8: אַחְאָ֑ב · לְ,אַחְאָב֙

KI2 9:9: אַחְאָ֔ב

KI2 9:25: אַחְאָ֣ב

KI2 9:29: אַחְאָ֑ב

KI2 10:1: וּ,לְ,אַחְאָ֛ב · אַחְאָ֖ב

KI2 10:10: אַחְאָ֑ב

KI2 10:11: אַחְאָב֙

KI2 10:17: לְ,אַחְאָ֛ב

KI2 10:18: אַחְאָ֕ב

KI2 10:30: אַחְאָ֑ב

KI2 21:3: אַחְאָב֙

KI2 21:13: אַחְאָ֑ב

CH2: 12 tagged passages

CH2 18:1: לְ,אַחְאָֽב

CH2 18:2: אַחְאָב֙ · אַחְאָ֜ב

CH2 18:3: אַחְאָ֣ב

CH2 18:19: אַחְאָ֣ב

CH2 21:6: אַחְאָ֔ב · אַחְאָ֔ב

CH2 21:13: אַחְאָ֑ב

CH2 22:3: אַחְאָ֑ב

CH2 22:4: אַחְאָ֑ב

CH2 22:5: אַחְאָ֜ב

CH2 22:6: אַחְאָ֛ב

CH2 22:7: אַחְאָֽב

CH2 22:8: אַחְאָ֑ב

MIC: 1 tagged passages

MIC 6:16: אַחְאָ֔ב

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