1 Kings 16:29
And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
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Barnes' Notes
Twenty and two years - Rather, from a comparison between 1Ki 15:10 and 1Ki 22:51, not more than 21 years. Perhaps his reign did not much exceed 20 years.
We have here the beginning of the reign of Ahab, of whom we have more particulars recorded than of any of the kings of Israel. We have here only a general idea given us of him, as the worst of all the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Ahab king of Israel. His excess of wickedness (Not in Chronicles)
29. And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa Here the LXX. gives -in the second year of Jehoshaphat." This is in harmony with the…