Ahab in Micah

A student, Luke Nieuwsma, pointed out several references to Ahab in the prophecy of Micah. Micah 2:1-2 condemns those who covet fields and take them by violence, as Ahab did to Naboth; 6:15 is an explicit allusion to Omri and Ahab; and the “she” who is trampled like mud sounds a lot like Jezebel.

Just what we would expect from a prophet whose name is virtually the same as that of the lone true prophet in Ahab’s court. And these allusions fit neatly with my contention that 1-2 Kings presents the Omride dynasty as a counterfeit Davidic dynasty.