1 Kings 16:33 - Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. [NKJV]
King Ahab did more evil than all the kings of Israel who came before him. He married Jezebel, who introduced the worship of Baal and Asherah to Israel. Ahab also built an altar and temple for Baal in Samaria, and engaged in various idolatrous practices, leading the people of Israel astray from their worship of God.
Jezebel's husband in the Old Testament was King Ahab of Israel.
Ahab 1 Kings 22:37-38
mannasehAnother Answer:King Ahab.1 Kings 16:32-34New International Version (NIV) 32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.
The wife of King Ahab who was King of Israel. Ahab was one if Israel's most evil kings, and Jezebel his wife was equally evil. She was the daughter of the King of Tyre, Ithobaal. She turned Ahab away from God to heathen gods and persuaded Ahab to rule over Israel as a tyrant. In the 2nd book of Kings, we are told that Jezebel is killed by the eunuchs in her palace at the request of Jehu, who then throw her out of the palace window to the street below. She is eaten by wild dogs,and only her skull, hands and feet remained, fulfilling a prophecy by Elijah in 1 kings 21:22-26. Because of her wickedness, the name 'Jezebel' has become a term of abuse for any woman who is regarded either as wicked or of loose morals.
Ahab is a biblical name meaning "uncle" or "father's brother." It is commonly associated with the character in the Book of Kings who was a wicked king of Israel. In literature, Ahab is also known as the obsessed captain in Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick."
The king of the Israelites when David was a boy was King Saul. Before that, there were no kings in Israel.
King Ahab
According to the Bible, Ba'al Worship came to Israel through King Ahab's wife, Queen Jezebel for whom Ba'al Worship was her native religion.
Ahab was king of Israel, where God's high priests had been abolished by Ahab's predecessor, Jeroboam. In the twin kingdom of Judah, where Jehoshaphat was king, there is no record of a high priest at this time.
One example of an evil king of Israel was King Ahab, who was known for his wickedness and idolatry. He ruled during the 9th century BCE and was married to Queen Jezebel, who also promoted idol worship in the kingdom.
Jezebel's fate is described in the Bible, where it is mentioned that she was killed shortly after Ahab's death. After Ahab's death, Jezebel was thrown out of a window by eunuchs in Jezreel, upon the orders of Jehu.
back in israel in the bible it says judges ruled before the kings the last judge was Samuel and the first king was saul