1 Kings · around about 874 BC
Ahab Becomes King
Ahab Becomes King is recorded in 1 Kings and falls around about 874 BC. Below is what happened, where it fits, and the full text.
about 874 BCmedium
What happened
Ahab becomes king of Israel and marries Jezebel, promoting Baal worship.
Where it fits on the timeline
Ahab becomes king of Israel before Elijah announces the drought, long after the kingdom divides (1 Kings 16:29-34; 1 Kings 17:1-6; 1 Kings 12:1-24).
The passage
1 Kings 16:29-34
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight above all that were before him. As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him. He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did more yet to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. He laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
Scripture references
1 Kings 16:29-34
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