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Ahab's contribution was estimated at 2,000 chariots and 10,000 men. ... Since, however, it was Ahab's idolatrous wife who was the chief instigator of his crimes ...
After these events, Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram-Damascus, besieged Israel and threatened to capture Ahab's wives, including Jezebel. Ahab refused and defeated him in battle. However, he spared Ben-Hadad's life, an act that was denounced by an unnamed prophet. The prophet also declared that Israel would be ravaged by the Arameans as punishment. [32]
Her 1999 novel, Ahab's Wife, and her 2003 novel, Four Spirits, were each named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. [1] [2] She is the Writer in Residence at University of Louisville [3] and the program director for the MFA in Writing at Spalding University in the same city. [4] In 2005, Governor Ernie Fletcher named Naslund Poet Laureate ...
Gustave Doré, The Death of Athaliah.. Accounts of Athaliah’s life are found in 2 Kings 8:16–11:16 and 2 Chronicles 22:10–23:15 in the Hebrew Bible.According to the chroniclers, she was the daughter of king Omri of Israel; [1] however, she is usually considered to have been the daughter of King Ahab – the son of Omri – and his wife, Queen Jezebel. [2]
According to 1 Kings 18:4, Obadiah hid a hundred prophets of God in two caves, fifty in each, to protect them from Jezebel, Ahab's wife.Later statements of the prophet Elijah, where he describes himself as the only remaining prophet of Yahweh [2] led biblical theologian Otto Thenius to conclude that eventually they were captured and killed, but George Rawlinson and other commentators argue ...
The former "O'Reilly Factor" host's ex-wife, Maureen McPhilmy, revealed in an affidavit filed in October 2011 that he physically assaulted her when she found him having phone sex, according to ...
Copper engraving of the death of Naboth by Caspar Luiken, 1712. Naboth (/ ˈ n eɪ b ɒ θ,-b oʊ θ /; Hebrew: נבות) was a citizen of Jezreel.According to the Book of Kings in the Hebrew Bible, he was executed by Jezebel, the queen of Israel, so that her husband Ahab could possess his vineyard.
It was the latest kick in the teeth to Costner, 69, who has suffered a brutal 2024 which saw him finalize a divorce from second wife Christine Baumgartner, leave the TV hit he helped create, and ...