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Achav (Ahab) אחאב

Achav son of Omri, king of Israel, spread Baal worship with his wife Izevel; Eliyahu the prophet opposed him.

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Achav son of Omri became king of Israel in Shomron and reigned 22 years (I Melachim 16:29). He married Izevel, daughter of the king of Tzidon, and set up an altar to Baal (16:31–33).

Eliyahu opposed him, culminating at Mount Carmel (ch. 18). Of Naboth's vineyard: 'Have you murdered and also inherited?' (21:19). Achav fell in battle at Ramos Gilad (22:34–38). The Mishnah counts him among the kings with no share in the World to Come (Sanhedrin 10:2).

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  1. 1מלכים א' ט"ז (I Kings 16)
  2. 2מלכים א' י"ח (I Kings 18)
  3. 3מלכים א' כ"א (I Kings 21)
  4. 4מלכים א' כ"ב (I Kings 22)
  5. 5משנה סנהדרין י':ב'
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