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.
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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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- Reign
- Battle of Qarqar
- Ahab and the prophets
- Death of Ahab
- Legacy
- In Rabbinic literature
- In popular culture
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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.