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Ahab of Israel
7th king of Israel
Years: 890BCE - 850BCE
Ahab or Ach'av or Achab in Douay-Rheims (Hebrew: "Brother of the father") is king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri according to the Hebrew Bible.
His wife is Jezebel.
Ahab becomes king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigns for twenty-two years.
William F. Albright dated his reign to 869 – 850 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offered the dates 874 – 853 BCE.
Michael D. Coogan dates his reign to 871-852 BCE.
