A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.28; son of: Omri (H6018); married to Jezebel (H0348); father of: Joash (H3101H), Ahaziah (H0274), Joram (H3141H), Athaliah (H6271) § Ahab = "father's brother" 1) king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel 2) false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah
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H256 — אַחְאָב
ach.av · Ahab · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Kings 16:28 · אַחְאָ֥בAnd Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.1 Kings 16:29 · וְאַחְאָ֣ב · אַחְאָ֨בIn the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.1 Kings 16:30 · אַחְאָ֧בHowever, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.1 Kings 16:33 · אַחְאָ֖ב · אַחְאָ֜בThen he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.1 Kings 17:1 · אַחְאָב֒Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”1 Kings 18:1 · אַחְאָ֔בAfter a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”1 Kings 18:2 · אַחְאָ֑בSo Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,1 Kings 18:3 · אַחְאָ֔בand Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,1 Kings 18:5 · אַחְאָב֙Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”1 Kings 18:6 · אַחְאָ֞בSo they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.1 Kings 18:9 · אַחְאָ֖בBut Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?1 Kings 18:12 · לְאַחְאָ֛בI do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.1 Kings 18:16 · אַחְאָ֖ב · אַחְאָ֖בSo Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.1 Kings 18:17 · אַחְאָ֖ב · אַחְאָב֙When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”1 Kings 18:20 · אַחְאָ֖בSo Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.1 Kings 18:41 · לְאַחְאָ֔בAnd Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”1 Kings 18:42 · אַחְאָ֖בSo Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.1 Kings 18:44 · אַחְאָב֙On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”1 Kings 18:45 · אַחְאָ֖בMeanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.1 Kings 18:46 · אַחְאָ֔בAnd the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.1 Kings 19:1 · אַחְאָב֙Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.1 Kings 20:2 · אַחְאָ֥בThen he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel,1 Kings 20:13 · אַחְאָ֣בMeanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”1 Kings 20:14 · אַחְאָב֙“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.1 Kings 21:1 · אַחְאָ֔בSome time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.1 Kings 21:2 · אַחְאָ֣בSo Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”1 Kings 21:3 · אַחְאָ֑בBut Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”1 Kings 21:4 · אַחְאָ֨בSo Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.1 Kings 21:8 · אַחְאָ֔בThen Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.1 Kings 21:15 · אַחְאָ֗בWhen Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”1 Kings 21:16 · אַחְאָ֖ב · אַחְאָ֗בAnd when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.1 Kings 21:18 · אַחְאָ֥ב“Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.1 Kings 21:20 · אַחְאָב֙When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.1 Kings 21:21 · לְאַחְאָב֙This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.1 Kings 21:24 · לְאַחְאָב֙Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”1 Kings 21:25 · כְאַחְאָ֔ב(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.1 Kings 21:27 · אַחְאָ֜בWhen Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.1 Kings 21:29 · אַחְאָ֖ב“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”1 Kings 22:20 · אַחְאָ֔בAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.1 Kings 22:39 · אַחְאָ֜בAs for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?1 Kings 22:40 · אַחְאָ֖בAnd Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.1 Kings 22:41 · לְאַחְאָ֖בIn the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.1 Kings 22:49 · אַחְאָב֙At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.1 Kings 22:51 · אַחְאָ֗בIn the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.2 Kings 1:1 · אַחְאָֽב׃After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.2 Kings 3:1 · אַחְאָ֗בIn the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.2 Kings 3:5 · אַחְאָ֑בBut after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.2 Kings 8:16 · אַחְאָב֙In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.2 Kings 8:18 · אַחְאָ֔ב · אַחְאָ֔בAnd Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.2 Kings 8:25 · אַחְאָ֖בIn the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.2 Kings 8:27 · אַחְאָ֔ב · אַחְאָ֑ב · אַחְאָ֖בAnd Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.2 Kings 8:28 · אַחְאָ֗בThen Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.2 Kings 8:29 · אַחְאָ֛בSo King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.2 Kings 9:7 · אַחְאָ֖בAnd you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.2 Kings 9:8 · אַחְאָ֑ב · לְאַחְאָב֙The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.2 Kings 9:9 · אַחְאָ֔בI will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.2 Kings 9:25 · אַחְאָ֣בAnd Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:2 Kings 9:29 · אַחְאָ֑ב(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)2 Kings 10:1 · וּלְאַחְאָ֛ב · אַחְאָ֖בNow Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:2 Kings 10:10 · אַחְאָ֑בKnow, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”2 Kings 10:11 · אַחְאָב֙So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.2 Kings 10:17 · לְאַחְאָ֛בWhen Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.2 Kings 10:18 · אַחְאָ֕בThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.2 Kings 10:30 · אַחְאָ֑בNevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”2 Kings 21:3 · אַחְאָב֙For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.2 Kings 21:13 · אַחְאָ֑בI will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.2 Chronicles 18:1 · לְאַחְאָֽב׃Now Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.2 Chronicles 18:2 · אַחְאָב֙ · אַחְאָ֜בAnd some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.2 Chronicles 18:3 · אַחְאָ֣בAhab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”2 Chronicles 18:19 · אַחְאָ֣בAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.2 Chronicles 21:6 · אַחְאָ֔ב · אַחְאָ֔בAnd Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.2 Chronicles 21:13 · אַחְאָ֑בbut you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.2 Chronicles 22:3 · אַחְאָ֑בAhaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.2 Chronicles 22:4 · אַחְאָ֑בAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.2 Chronicles 22:5 · אַחְאָ֜בAhaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.2 Chronicles 22:6 · אַחְאָ֛בSo he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.2 Chronicles 22:7 · אַחְאָֽב׃Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.2 Chronicles 22:8 · אַחְאָ֑בSo while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.Jeremiah 29:21 · אַחְאָ֤בThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.Jeremiah 29:22 · וּכְאֶחָ֔בBecause of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’Micah 6:16 · אַחְאָ֔בYou have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”