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Wicked king of Israel who turned idol worship into a national sport
Historically Verified
An ancient Assyrian stone monument names him as 'Ahab the Israelite' and says he brought 2,000 chariots to the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC. Found in 1861, now at the British Museum in London.
open_in_newKing of Israel in the 9th century BC, Ahab married the Phoenician princess Jezebel and imported Baal worship at an industrial scale. He built altars, oppressed the prophets, and murdered Naboth for his vineyard. Elijah was his main antagonist. Described in 1 Kings as doing more evil than all the kings before him.