Ruler · 918 – 852 BCE

Ahab

Lived 918 – 852 BCE; ruler. King of Israel of Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), 874 BCE – 853 BCE.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 918 BCE – 852 BCE; 66 years
In office: 21 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)
Left it: died in battle; Wikidata's manner of death

King of Israel

Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) · the 8th of 20 dated reigns · 931 BCE – 722 BCE

4 before

Zimri885 BCE

Tibni885 BCE – 880 BCE

Omri885 BCE – 874 BCE

Ahab874 BCE – 853 BCE

Ahaziah of Israel853 BCE – 852 BCE

Jehoram of Israel852 BCE – 841 BCE

Jehu841 BCE – 814 BCE

9 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 874 BCE – 853 BCE · 21 years · came to it aged 44

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in battleWikidata's manner of death: death in battle

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