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Ahab (Jer 29:21)
Son of Kolaiah and Omri, father of Joash and Joram, in the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah. Named in scripture at Jeremiah 29:21.
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Where in scripture
JeremiahYahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he will kill them before your eyes.
Jeremiah 29:21
A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’
Jeremiah 29:22
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.