Ahab blamed Elijah for bringing trouble on Israel (1 Kings 18:17), but it was Ahab’s promotion of idolatry that was the true cause of the three-and-a-half-year famine (verse 18). The evil of King Ahab was countered by the prophet Elijah who warned Ahab of coming judgment if he did not obey the Lord. Because of his marriage to a pagan woman, Ahab devoted himself to the worship of the false gods Baal and Asherah in Israel (1 Kings 16:31–33). Among the events chronicled in Ahab’s life that led to his downfall was his marriage to an evil woman named Jezebel who had a particular hatred for God’s people (1 Kings 18:4). King Ahab “did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him” (1 Kings 16:30). Send us feedback.Ahab was one in a line of increasingly evil kings in Israel’s history, starting with the reign of Jeroboam. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cardinal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
2022 Its complex transportation network was misaligned, a cardinal sin in DeJoy’s logistics world. 2022 Instead, Insteon committed the cardinal sin of smart home companies: leaving customers-and their gear-in the lurch. Vary, Variety, Runners and walkers converged from the four cardinal directions starting Thursday for the eighth annual Oak Flat Run, where the grassroots group Apache Stronghold held a weekend rally to draw attention to the mine.ĭebra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2019 That’s just after Mando is cast out from his Mandalorian covert for the cardinal sin of removing his helmet in the presence of others.Īdam B. 2021 Kenyan runner John Kagwe broke one of racing’s cardinal rules by buying a pair of brand new Nike Air Vengeance at the pre-race expo and wearing them the next day in the race.īrian Metzler, Outside Online, 13 Dec. 2022 But most videos tend to follow a few cardinal rules. practitioners of fiscal and monetary policy is that Treasury officials do not discuss monetary policy and Federal Reserve authorities do not discuss exchange rates. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2022 One of the cardinal rules among U.S. 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective The scene involved a character who snitched being hung from a helicopter for the cardinal sin of gang life. Julie Zauzmer, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 June 2017 His January 20 inauguration ceremony featured an unprecedented six speakers, including a rabbi and a cardinal.Īdam Chandler, The Atlantic, The main Italian in the cast is Silvio Orlando as a beleaguered, mole-flecked cardinal tasked with advising this cocky young Pope, and thwarted at nearly every turn. 2017 A year later, Pope John Paul II made Pell a cardinal.Īndrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 30 June 2017 A cardinal in charge of the Vatican's finances has been charged with multiple sexual offenses by Australian police, in one of the most significant indictments against a top-ranking leader of the Catholic Church. Jim Barnes, Washington Post, There are deer in the woods, large-mouth bass in the water and cardinals in the air. Fikes,, 7 June 2017 One small clearing is dotted with several boulders where children could sit and watch for goldfinches and cardinals at three bird feeders. 2015 In fact a number of the cardinals from Brazil and bishops are friends of Pope Francis.īradley J. Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Heads rolling on cobblestones, the robes of kings and cardinals, Matisse's The Red Studio, the red in the tricolor flag of Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix.ĭavid Coggins, Town & Country, 10 Dec.
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