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(1.) The son of [[Text:EBD:Omri (EBD)|Omri]], whom he succeeded as the seventh [[Text:EBD:King (EBD)|king]] of [[Text:EBD:Israel (EBD)|Israel]]. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His [[Text:EBD:Wife (EBD)|wife]] was [[Text:EBD:Jezebel (EBD)|Jezebel]], who exercised a very evil influence over him. To the calf-worship introduced by [[Text:EBD:Jeroboam (EBD)|Jeroboam]] he added the [[Text:EBD:Worship (EBD)|worship]] of [[Text:EBD:Baal (EBD)|Baal]]. He was severely admonished by [[Text:EBD:Elijah (EBD)|Elijah]] for his wickedness. His [[Text:EBD:Anger (EBD)|anger]] was on this account kindled against the [[Text:EBD:Prophet (EBD)|prophet]], and he sought to kill him. He undertook three campaigns against [[Text:EBD:Ben-hadad (EBD)|Ben-hadad]] II, [[Text:EBD:King (EBD)|king]] of [[Text:EBD:Damascus (EBD)|Damascus]]. In the first two, which were defensive, he gained a complete victory over Ben-hadad, who fell into his hands, and was afterwards released on the condition of his restoring all the [[Text:EBD:City (EBD)|cities]] of Israel he then held, and granting certain other concessions to Ahab. After three [[Text:EBD:Year (EBD)|years]] of peace, for some cause Ahab renewed [[Text:EBD:War (EBD)|war]] ([[Text:EBD:1 Kings 22:3]]) with Ben-hadad by assaulting the city of [[Ramoth-gilead (EBD)|Ramoth-gilead]], although the prophet [[Text:EBD:Micaiah (EBD)|Micaiah]] warned him that he would not succeed, and that the 400 false prophets who encouraged him were only leading him to his ruin. Micaiah was imprisoned for thus venturing to dissuade Ahab from his purpose. Ahab went into the battle disguised, that he might if possible escape the notice of his enemies; but an [[Text:EBD:Arrows (EBD)|arrow]] from a [[Text:EBD:Bow (EBD)|bow]] "drawn at a venture" pierced him, and though stayed up in his [[Text:EBD:Chariot (EBD)|chariot]] for a time he died towards [[Text:EBD:Evening (EBD)|evening]], and Elijah's [[Text:EBD:Prophecy (EBD)|prophecy]] (1 Kings 21:19) was fulfilled. He reigned twenty-three years. Because of his [[Text:EBD:Idolatry (EBD)|idolatry]], [[Text:EBD:Lust (EBD)|lust]], and [[Text:EBD:Covetousness (EBD)|covetousness]], Ahab is referred to as pre-eminently the type of a wicked king ([[2 Kings 8:18]]; [[2 Chronicles 22:3]]; [[Micah 6:16]]).

(2.) A false prophet referred to by [[Text:EBD:Jeremiah (EBD)|Jeremiah]] ([[Jeremiah 29:21]]), of whom nothing further is known.