Ahab
in Douay-Rheims (Hebrew: אַחְאָב, Modern Aẖ'av Tiberian ʼAḥʼāḇ ;
"Brother of the father"; Greek: Αχααβ; Latin: Achab) was king
of Israel and the son and successor of Omri.[1]
Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa,
king of Judah, and reigned for twenty-two years.[2] William F.
Albright dated his reign to 869 – 850 BC, while...
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a'-hab ('ach'abh, Assyrian a-cha-ab-bu; Septuagint Achaab,
but Jer 29:21 f, Achiab, which, in analogy with '-h-y-m-l-k,
(')-h-y-'-l, etc., indicates an original 'achi'abh, meaning
"the father is my brother"): The compound probably signifies
that "the father," referring to God, has been chosen as a
brother.
1. Ahab's Reign:
Ahab, son of Omri, t...
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1. King of Israel
1Ki 16:29
Marries Jezebel
1Ki 16:31
Idolatry of
1Ki 16:30-33; 18:18,19; 21:25,26
Other wickedness of
2Ki 3:2; 2Ch 21:6; 22:3,4; Mic 6:16
Reproved by Elijah; assembles the prophets of Baal
1Ki 18:17-46
Fraudulently confiscates Naboth's vineyard
1Ki 21
Defeats Ben-hadad
1Ki 20
Closing history and death of
1Ki 22; 2Ch ...
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(uncle).
1. Son of Omri, seventh king of Israel, reigned B.C.
919-896. He married Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal king of
Tyre; and in obedience to her wishes, caused temple to be
built to Baal in Samaria itself; and an oracular grove to be
consecrated to Astarte. See 1Ki 18:19 One of Ahab's chief
tastes was for splendid architecture which he sh...
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father's brother. (1.) 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 wickednes...
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1. Son of Omri; seventh king of the northern kingdom of
Israel, second of his dynasty; reigned 28 years, from 919 to
897 B.C. Having occasional good impulses (1 Kings 21:27),
but weak and misled by his bad wife Jezebel, daughter of
Ethbaal, king of Zidon, i.e. Phoenicia in general. The
Tyrian historians, Dius and Menander, mention Eithobalus a...
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Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he
humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his
days: [but] in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his
house....
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And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took
from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets
for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said
Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a
covenant with him, and sent him away....
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And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that
I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto
my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than
it; [or], if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth
of it in money....
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