Divided Kingdom
Ahab reigns in Israel
Ahab reigns in Israel is dated 874–853 BC in the Modern reckoning and 918–896 BC in the Traditional. It is told in 1 Kings 16:29. Ahab is part of it.
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- 874–853 BC
- Traditional reckoning
- 918–896 BC
- How it's dated
- Assyrian records
Shalmaneser III names Ahab among the kings he fought at Qarqar in 853 BC.
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Sources: Theographic event 178; Kurkh Monolith (Shalmaneser III); Thiele (1983).
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- Ahab
Where: Samaria.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.