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Ahab

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ayhab

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Archetype of an arrogant, wicked tyrant. Ahab is identified in 1 Kings 16:29–22:40 as a king of ancient Israel and the husband of the evil jezebel: "But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up" (1 Kings 21:25). He colluded in the introduction of pagan worship and, when Naboth refused to hand over his vineyard (see Naboth's vineyard), had him stoned to death. Subsequently he was warned by Elijah that he faced divine vengeance and the fall of his dynasty, which duly occurred, Ahab himself being killed in battle and his blood being licked up by dogs. Like the biblical Ahab, he ignored all warnings that he would have to answer for his wicked ways, possibly with his life.

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