Ahab (1Ki 16:28)
Son of Omri, father of Athaliah, in the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah. Named in scripture at 1 Kings 16:28.
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Where in scripture
1 Kings2 Kings2 ChroniclesMicahSo Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 16:28
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
1 Kings 16:29
Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
1 Kings 17:1
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
1 Kings 19:1
He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him, “Thus says Ben Hadad,
1 Kings 20:2
Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing; and another said another.
1 Kings 22:20
Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 Kings 1:1
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 Kings 3:1
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
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In their own words — 10 recorded sayings
“For Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he said, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.” — 2 Chronicles 18:3
“So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for God will give it into the hands of the king.” — 2 Chronicles 18:5
“And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, but I have no love for him, because he has never been a prophet of good to me, but only of evil: he is Micaiah, the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.” — 2 Chronicles 18:7
“Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.” — 2 Chronicles 18:8
“When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and they will be given up into your hands.” — 2 Chronicles 18:14
“And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?” — 2 Chronicles 18:15
“And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?” — 2 Chronicles 18:17
“And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son; And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.” — 2 Chronicles 18:25-26
…and 2 more recorded sayings.
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).