Ahab (Hebrew: אַחְאָב Modern Aẖ’av Tiberian ʼAḥʼāḇ ; Brother of the father; Greek: Αχααβ; Latin: Achab) was the seventh king of Israel since Jeroboam I the son and successor of Omri and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon according to the Hebrew Bible.Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah and reigned for twenty-two years. William F. Albright dated his reign to 869–850 BC while E. R. Thiele offered the dates 874–853 BC. Michael D.
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