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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.

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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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  • Ahab's Notebook
  • Boat Service History
  • Captain's Log

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Germany
Active from
2004
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There are at least five artists named Ahab; 1) Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band founded in 2004 by Midnattsol guitarists Christian Hector and Daniel Droste. The band is named after Captain Ahab, a character in the 1851 novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Along with its name, the band also draws thematic and lyrical inspiration from Moby Dick; some songs even feature direct quotations from the book. Near the end of 2004, with one song already written <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/A

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Key facts

Royalty.successor
Ahaziah
Royalty.name
Ahab
Royalty.image
Ahab rex.png
Royalty.caption
Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
Royalty.succession
King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Royalty.reign
22 years874–853 BC (Thiele)869–850 BC (Albright)871–852 BC (Coogan)
Royalty.birth_date
c. 893-900 BCE
Royalty.death_place
Ramoth-Gilead, Syria
Royalty.burial_place
Samaria, Kingdom of Israel
Royalty.predecessor
Omri
Royalty.queen
Jezebel of Sidon
Royalty.dynasty
Omrides
Royalty.father
Omri

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Ahab
date of death
0852-01-01
name in native language
אַחְאָב
date of birth
0918-00-00
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Contents
  • Reign
  • Battle of Qarqar
  • Ahab and the prophets
  • Death of Ahab
  • Legacy
  • In Rabbinic literature
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • Citations
  • General and cited references
  • External links

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.

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