Ahab

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(uncle). (1) Seventh king of Israel. Reigned B. C. 919-896 (1 Kings 16:29). Married Jezebel of Tyre, who introduced the worship of Baal and Astarte. One of the most notorious of O. T. characters. Slain by a chance arrow, and the “dogs licked his blood” according to prophecy (1 Kings 18-22; 2 Chron. 18). (2) A false prophet at Babylon (Jer. 29:22).