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Achab

('A'h'abh, Achaab in Jeremiah 29:22, 'Ehabh, Achiab)

Son of Amri and King of Israel, 918-897 B.C., according to 1 Kings 16:29, but 875-854 according to the Assyrian documents. The original reading of 1 Kings 16:29, may have been changed. The King was married to Jezabel, a