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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Ahab. Every Ahab in the Bible

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    Ahab

    אַחְאָב

    Ahab, son of Omri, reigned as king of Israel and did evil in the sight of the Lord.

    Illustration1 Kings 22Ahab's attempt to avoid recognition in battle does not protect him: a random arrow strikes him through the gap in his armor, and he bleeds in his chariot.
    verses
    79
    first named
    1 Kings 16:28
    last named
    2 Chronicles 22:6
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Israel

    Description

    Who was Ahab?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ahab was the son of Omri and the seventh king of Israel, reigning for 22 years in Samaria. He did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of his predecessors. Ahab married Jezebel, daughter of the king of Sidon, and began to worship Baal. He built a temple and altar for Baal in Samaria and made an Asherah pole, provoking the anger of the Lord. (1Ki.16.28-33)

    During Ahab's reign, the prophet Elijah declared a drought in Israel. Later, Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, proving the Lord to be the true God. (1Ki.17-18) Ahab fought wars against Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, with the Lord granting him victories. (1Ki.20).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ahab10 of 36 entities the graph connects to Ahab, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.JezebelSpouse of · 6 events · 20 versesJoramFather of · 19 versesKinshipIsrael6 events · 2,578 versesSamaria8 events · 124 versesSyria3 events · 116 versesElijah7 events · 92 versesJehoshaphat10 events · 67 versesRamoth7 events · 35 versesMicaiah4 events · 18 versesNaboth6 events · 18 versesEventsAhab

    The 10 best-attested of 36 are drawn. All 36 are listed below.

    Child of

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    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 29 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Ahab happensAll 4 places the claims about Ahab reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Samaria, Jezreel, Carmel_Mount, Ramoth. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ahab there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.SamariaJezreelCarmel_MountRamoth
    Divided MonarchyAll 4 places the claims about Ahab reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 79, across 4 books. The name is written 91 times in them.

    1. 1 Kings44 verses

      16:2816:2916:3016:3317:118:118:218:318:518:618:918:1218:1618:1718:2018:4118:4218:4418:4518:4619:120:220:1320:1421:121:221:321:421:821:1521:1621:1821:2021:2121:2421:2521:2721:2922:2022:3922:4022:4122:4922:51

    2. 2 Kings22 verses

      1:13:13:58:168:188:258:278:288:299:79:89:99:259:2910:110:1010:1110:1710:1810:3021:321:13

    3. 2 Chronicles12 verses

      18:118:218:318:1921:621:1322:322:422:522:622:722:8

    4. Micah1 verse

      6:16

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Ahab’s promise and Naboth Giving Inheritance, and 2 moreNabothJezreelite vineyard owner, unjustly killed by Ahab and Jezebel.via Ahab’s reign and Ahaziah’s reign, and 2 moreIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Ahab’s reign and Ahaziah’s reign, and 2 moreSamariaCapital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitantsvia Ahab’s request and Naboth’s refusalNaboth VineyardNaboth Vineyard is a thing attested across 6 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Elijah’s command and Ahab’s summoning of Israel and ProphetsElijahA prophet during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah.via Jehoshaphat and Ahab’s going of Ramoth and Prophets’ prophesyingJehoshaphatSon of Asa, king of Judah.via Jehoshaphat and Ahab’s going of Ramoth and Deliverance of RamothRamothCity of refuge east of the Jordanvia Ahab’s reign and Ahaziah’s reignReignReign is a concept gathering 158 labelled instances in the text.via Go UpGoing UpGoing Up is a concept gathering 97 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    4 more chapters, from 2 Kings 8 to 2 Chronicles 18

    Sources

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