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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ahab
       n : according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel
           and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Ahab
     father's brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the
     seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings
     16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil
     influence over him. To the calf-worship introduced by Jeroboam
     he added the worship of Baal. He was severely admonished by
     Elijah (q.v.) for his wickedness. His anger was on this account
     kindled against the prophet, and he sought to kill him. He
     undertook three campaigns against Ben-hadad II., king of
     Damascus. In the first two, which were defensive, he gained a
     complete victory over Ben-hadad, who fell into his hands, and
     was afterwards released on the condition of his restoring all
     the cities of Israel he then held, and granting certain other
     concessions to Ahab. After three years of peace, for some cause
     Ahab renewed war (1 Kings 22:3) with Ben-hadad by assaulting the
     city of Ramoth-gilead, although the prophet Micaiah warned him
     that he would not succeed, and that the 400 false prophets who
     encouraged him were only leading him to his ruin. Micaiah was
     imprisoned for thus venturing to dissuade Ahab from his purpose.
     Ahab went into the battle disguised, that he might if possible
     escape the notice of his enemies; but an arrow from a bow "drawn
     at a venture" pierced him, and though stayed up in his chariot
     for a time he died towards evening, and Elijah's prophecy (1
     Kings 21:19) was fulfilled. He reigned twenty-three years.
     Because of his idolatry, lust, and covetousness, Ahab is
     referred to as pre-eminently the type of a wicked king (2 Kings
     8:18; 2 Chr. 22:3; Micah 6:16).
     
       (2.) A false prophet referred to by Jeremiah (Jer. 29:21), of
     whom nothing further is known.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ahab, uncle, or father's brother
  

















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