Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ahab' occurs 94 times in the standard works.

72 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ahab' in the standard works and contain 76.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 8:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 22:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)


2 Kgs. 9:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

 9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.

 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:




2 Chr. 18:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:44-19:1 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 94 11 105
Gen. 0 1 1
Deut. 0 1 1
Josh. 0 5 5
1 Kgs. 50 0 50
2 Kgs. 27 0 27
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 14 0 14
Ps. 0 2 2
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
NT 0 2 2
BM 0 1 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 94 14 108

2 Kgs. 1:1
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 Kgs. 3:1
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

2 Kgs. 3:5
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

2 Kgs. 8:16
And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

2 Kgs. 8:18
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 8:25
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

2 Kgs. 8:27
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

2 Kgs. 8:28
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

2 Kgs. 8:29
And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

2 Kgs. 9:7
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.

2 Kgs. 9:8
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

2 Kgs. 9:9
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:

2 Kgs. 9:25
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him;

2 Kgs. 9:29
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

2 Kgs. 10:1
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,

2 Kgs. 10:10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

2 Kgs. 10:11
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

2 Kgs. 10:17
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.

2 Kgs. 10:18
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

2 Kgs. 10:30
And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

2 Kgs. 21:3
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

2 Kgs. 21:13
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.