He was the seventh king of Israel, succeeding his father Omri in 918 BC. and he reigned twenty-two years. He married Jezebel, daughter of Ed-Baal, king of Tyre, an ambitious and idolatrous woman, who through her superstition and the king’s influence gradually introduced the worship of Baal and Astarte into Israel.
Who was Ahab’s wife
Jezebel, married to Ahab, the ruler of the northern kingdom (Israel: the southern one was Judah), “rejected God’s people and convinced her husband to allow pagan temples and rituals. The Baals, who led the Hebrews to idolatry, corruption and sexual immorality”.