Easton's Bible Dictionary

931 Elah (1 King 16:8).
Son of Baasha. Was
assassinated, after
reigning 2 years, by
Zimri, one of his
captains, who
destroyed all the
house of Baasha" (1
Kings 16:11).
929 Zimri.
Reigned only 7 days
(1 Kings 16:10).
925 Omri.
Reigned alone 6
years (1 Kings
16:23).
924 Samaria made the
capital (1 Kings
16:24).
Invaded by the
Syrians (1 Kings
20:34).
II.
Alliance
between
the
kingdoms,
and
common
hostility
to Syria,
from B.C.
918 to
B.C. 883.

918 Ahab (1 Kings

16:29,31). Son of

Omri. He changed

the state religion,

and so "made a

prodigious step

downwards" by

introducing the

impure and debasing

worship of the

Phoenician gods.

Reigned 22 years.

Prophets: Elijah and

Micaiah.

Ethbaal, king of

Tyre and Sidon.

Ben-hadad II.,

king of

Damascus.

Johoshaphat (1 Kings

22:41). Son of Asa and

Azubah. Joined "affinity

with Ahab" (2 Chronicles

18:1) associated with him

his son Jehoram, when 16

years of age, the two

reigning conjointly for 8

years.

Prophets: Eliezer and

Jahaziel.

915

900 Homer

flourished.

900 Battle at Ramoth-

gilead, in which

Ahab was slain (1

Kings 22:37).

898 Ahaziah (1 Kings

22:51, 52).

Son of Ahab.

Lycurgus in

Sparta.