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Ahab
Sign in to saveAhab (, ; ; ; ; ) was a king of Israel, the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized for causing moral decline in Israel, though modern scholars question this.
Ahab was a king of ancient Israel who ruled after his father Omri and was married to Jezebel, according to biblical accounts. The Bible portrays him negatively as a worshipper of the god Baal who led Israel into moral decline, though modern historians debate the accuracy of this characterization.
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Key facts
- Royalty.successor
- Ahaziah
- Royalty.name
- Ahab
- Royalty.image
- Ahab rex.png
- Royalty.caption
- Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
- Royalty.succession
- King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
- Royalty.reign
- 22 years874–853 BC (Thiele)869–850 BC (Albright)871–852 BC (Coogan)
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 893-900 BCE
- Royalty.death_place
- Ramoth-Gilead, Syria
- Royalty.burial_place
- Samaria, Kingdom of Israel
- Royalty.predecessor
- Omri
- Royalty.queen
- Jezebel of Sidon
- Royalty.dynasty
- Omrides
- Royalty.father
- Omri
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Israel
- Place of death
- Ramoth-Gilead
- Spouse
- Jezebel
- Child
- Jehoram
- Father
- Omri
- Occupation
- ruler
- Languages spoken
- Biblical Hebrew
- Native language
- Biblical Hebrew
- Religion
- Canaanite religion
- Participant in
- Battle of Qarqar
- Family
- Omrides
- Conflict
- Battle of Qarqar
- Image
- Ahab rex.png
- Residence
- Samaria
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- Ahab
- date of death
- 0852-01-01
- place of burial
- Samaria
- name in native language
- אַחְאָב
- present in work
- 1 Kings 16
- date of birth
- 0918-00-00
- not found in
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Reign
- Battle of Qarqar
- Ahab and the prophets
- Death of Ahab
- Legacy
- In Rabbinic literature
- In popular culture
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
Ahab (, ; ; ; ; ) was a king of Israel, the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized for causing moral decline in Israel, though modern scholars question this.
The existence of Ahab is historically supported outside the Bible. The contemporary Kurkh Monolith inscription of king Shalmaneser III from the Neo-Assyrian Empire documented in 853 BC that Shalmaneser III defeated an alliance of a dozen kings in the Battle of Qarqar; one of these was Ahab. Though not named, he is also mentioned on the inscriptions of the Mesha Stele.
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