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Ahab, the son of Omri, was the seventh king of Israel and reigned in Samaria for 22 years (1 Kings 16:29). His reign is marked by significant religious and moral decline, largely attributed to his marriage to Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians. Ahab's alliance with Jezebel led to the introduction and promotion of Baal worship in Israel, which provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel (1 Kings 16:31-33).

Ahab's reign was characterized by his defiance of God's commandments and his persecution of the prophets of the LORD. One of the most notable confrontations was with the prophet Elijah, who declared a drought over Israel as a divine judgment for Ahab's sins (1 Kings 17:1). Despite witnessing the power of God on Mount Carmel, where Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:20-40), Ahab continued in his wickedness.

The death of Ahab was prophesied by the prophet Micaiah, who foretold that Ahab would fall in battle against the Arameans at Ramoth-gilead (1 Kings 22:17-23). Despite this warning, Ahab, in defiance, went into battle disguised, hoping to avoid the prophesied outcome. However, the sovereignty of God prevailed, as a randomly shot arrow struck Ahab between the joints of his armor, leading to his death (1 Kings 22:34-35).

The account of Ahab's death is a testament to the fulfillment of divine prophecy and the inevitable judgment upon those who persist in wickedness. The dogs licking Ahab's blood, as prophesied by Elijah (1 Kings 21:19), served as a grim reminder of God's justice. Ahab's death marked the end of a reign that had led Israel further into idolatry and away from the covenantal relationship with God.

Ahab's legacy is a cautionary tale of the consequences of turning away from God and embracing idolatry and immorality. His life and death underscore the biblical principle that "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23), and highlight the importance of obedience to God's commandments.

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1 Kings 22:34
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: why he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
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How Ahab when He had Taken Jezebel to Wife Became More Wicked than ...
... From The Death Of David To The Death Of Ahab. CHAPTER 13. How Ahab When He Had Taken
Jezebel To Wife Became More Wicked Than All The Kings That Had Been Before ...
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How Jehu was Anointed King, and Slew Both Joram and Ahaziah; as ...
... From The Death Of Ahab To The ... CHAPTER 6. How Jehu Was Anointed King, And Slew Both
Joram And Ahaziah; As Also What He Did For The Punishment Of The Wicked. ...
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Letter cxxii. To Rusticus.
... and Jezebel's were the same; yet because Ahab repented, his ... who shall deliver me
from the body of this death? ... down that the wickedness of the wicked shall not ...
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Royal Murderers
... in this pitiful tragedy are the subserviently wicked elders. ... are expressed in her
words to Ahab, in which ... The death of its owner is told with exultation, as ...
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Concerning the Death of a Son of Jeroboam. How Jeroboam was Beaten ...
... From The Death Of David To The Death Of Ahab. ... And Also How, After The Death Of Jeroboam
Baasha ... in no long time ready to return Jeroboam's wicked actions, and ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 concerning the death.htm

The Instrumentality of the Wicked Employed by God, While He ...
... If the blinding and infatuation of Ahab is a Judgment ... in solemn prayer that all the
wicked did nothing ... his discourse, that Christ was delivered to death by the ...
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Concerning the Wickedness of Jehoram King O Jerusalem; his Defeat ...
... his own fathers, but had followed the wicked courses of ... own God, and to worship idols,
as Ahab had compelled ... because they thought that such his death came upon ...
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The Sick Person Ought Now to Send for Some Godly and Religious ...
... As, therefore, when a wicked liver dieth, he may say to death as Ahab said to Elijah,
"Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?" (1 Kings 21:20;) so, on the other side ...
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Meditations against Despair, or Doubting of God's Mercy.
... the mouth of Christ, as Benhadad did the word brother from the mouth of Ahab, doubtless
Judas ... 126] As I live, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that ...
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Ahab and Naboth
... When (after Naboth's death) Elijah accused Ahab, in God's name, he put two ... Israel
grew more miserable year by year; and now Ahab, his wicked successor, was ...
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