Ahab
188A is for Alphabet, Artist, and Ahab
8 Apr 2024
18:44¶ 47
“He buys a hill and calls it Samaria, after the owner, whose name is Shemer. And Omri has a son named Ahab. Now Samaria…”
21:26¶ 54
“But Ahab takes it more than a step further when he introduces Baal worship. He marries Jezebel, and you can hear the name ‘bel’…”
24:18¶ 63
“And that’s something of what Elijah was about. He appears out of nowhere. He confronts Ahab and says, “It’s not going to rain until…”
143The Point of No Return
7 Nov 2022
32:45¶ 99
“Sometimes God intervenes and protects Israel from foreign nations even when they have been unfaithful – sometimes even in the middle of their unfaithfulness.…”
33:07¶ 100
“He doesn’t send Elijah, because Ahab and Elijah were not on speaking terms at the time, but sends a random prophet and says, “Yeah,…”
33:36¶ 102
“And yet in the process it does do good to Israel, if they will receive it as such. But Ahab immediately rejects the favor…”
125Unity
4 Jul 2022
1:56¶ 8
“The context is a battle led by King Ahab of Israel, the northern kingdom, to reclaim an outpost called Ramothgilead. The Syrians had commandeered…”
4:34¶ 20
“Anyway, the battle. The two nations join forces. They go to Ramothgilead, after being warned by one of God’s prophets not to do this,…”
25:59¶ 88
“Anyway, so far what we’ve seen in this passage in 2 Chronicles is Jehoshaphat on two fronts had helped Ahab of Israel, Ahab the…”
122Eminent Domain
13 Jun 2022
22:25¶ 77
“Well, if you read it in the most generous context it would mean, “You will lease it to me long-term until the jubilee,” which…”
22:59¶ 78
“He says “buy it from you,” so again that’s putting the best possible construction on it. If he literally means, “I’ll buy it and…”
25:42¶ 92
“First, as king he ought to know. Then, as her husband he almost certainly does know. At least he knows it’s going to be…”
119When Nature Fails
23 May 2022
3:46¶ 12
“Ahab is somewhat pliable and kind of responds to the strongest will in his face at the time. Usually it’s his wife, but when…”
21:01¶ 112
“So Ahab again does what he’s told. He’s very pliable when confronted with a stronger will. His guys just lost big time and they’re…”
0:46¶ 4
“We have this new king on the throne named Ahab and he marries a Phoenician wife who was a daughter of a priest of…”
118Elijah and Obadiah
16 May 2022
6:05¶ 25
“You’ve got a point there. Ahab has been looking desperately for Elijah. Remember that Ahab’s thought patterns are magical. He’s bought into Baal worship,…”
6:37¶ 26
“The problem is now devastatingly serious. People are dying, animals are dying, there’s no let-up, there’s no clouds in the sky, we have no…”
0:57¶ 3
“Remember Elijah had come before Ahab and said, “There’s not going to be rain until I say so,” and then he had vanished. Ahab…”
117More Things Are Wrought By Prayer
9 May 2022
0:59¶ 3
“The background here is that Ahab and Jezebel have established Baal worship as the state religion in Israel, the northern kingdom. Baal worship, as…”
2:05¶ 5
“The political advantage to this was that the king, and possibly the queen serving as high priestess, become social engineers on a cosmic level.…”
116Jezebel
2 May 2022
9:06¶ 32
“Yeah, the writer does not waste anything. “So tell us what you really think.” But notice the blame falls primarily upon Ahab. Yes, she’s…”
2:23¶ 12
“She got farmed off to Ahab of Israel in a political marriage, but she seems to have been loyal to her new husband in…”
3:12¶ 14
“I think some queen mothers have tried it and almost got away with it, but queens not so much, so there’s probably some self-interest…”
110Rulers
21 Mar 2022
9:24¶ 24
“Something that comes to mind along those lines is the case of Ahab in the Old Testament. God sends Elijah to him and says,…”
9:52¶ 25
“Now, from what follows it’s pretty clear he hasn’t repented. He has not done away with his idolatries. He hasn’t changed his political policies…”
10:22¶ 26
“Now, God didn’t promise how long or soon that would be. It turns out it wasn’t very long, but it was nevertheless a temporary…”
83Baal and Astarte
13 Sep 2021
23:20¶ 89
“As I was saying, the big influx of Baal worship comes when Ahab, the king of the north, marries Jezebel, who is the daughter…”
24:40¶ 92
“Yeah, they weren’t that good, but that was the theory, so Ahab buys into it. They get rid of all the prophets of God…”
25:10¶ 93
“Elijah says, “Okay, we’re all going to get together at Mt. Carmel,” which is Phoenician territory, Canaanite territory. It’s a mountain, so it’s up…”