translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: King Ahab of Samaria . Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel. map For location see Map2-B1 ; Map4-D3 ; Map5-E2 ; Map6-A4 ; Map7-C1 .


text: Disaster . There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The word translated “disaster” ( רָעָה , ra ’ ah ) is similar to the word translated “evil” (v. 20 , הָרַע , hara ’). Ahab’s sins would receive an appropriate punishment.