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Jezebel, from the Old Testament (Kings I and II), was the wife of King Ahab who ruled the kingdom of Israel. By opposing the worship of the Hebrew god Yahweh, neglecting the rights and well-being of her subjects, and challenging the great prophets Elijah and Elisha, she prompted the internal conflict that plagued Israel for decades.
Jul 11, 2024 · Queen Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, king of Sidon, and the wife of Ahab, king of Israel. Jezebel promoted the worship of false gods in Israel, harassed and killed God’s prophets, and arranged for an innocent man to be falsely charged and executed.
Jul 22, 2024 · Jezebel, in the Bible, the wife of King Ahab, who ruled the kingdom of Israel. By interfering with the exclusive worship of the Hebrew God, Yahweh, by disregarding the rights of the common people, and by defying the prophets Elijah and Elisha, she provoked the internecine strife that enfeebled Israel for decades.
Jan 4, 2022 · Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, a priest of the cruel, sensuous, false god Baal. Ethbaal, the priest-king of Tyre who murdered his own brother to take over the throne, was hardly a good father figure.
2 Kings 9:30-37. New King James Version. Jezebel’s Violent Death. 30 Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it;and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window. 31 Then, as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, “Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?”
Jezebel (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ z ə b əl,-b ɛ l /; Hebrew: אִיזֶבֶל, Modern: ʾĪzével, Tiberian: ʾĪzeḇel) was the daughter of Ithobaal I of Tyre and the wife of Ahab, King of Israel, according to the Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings 16, 1 Kings 16:31).
May 4, 2020 · Known for: Jezebel, an evil queen, was the wife of King Ahab. She persecuted and tried to destroy God’s prophets, established Baal worship throughout Israel, and turned people away from the God who had rescued them from slavery in Egypt. Hometown: Jezebel came from Sidon, a Phoenician seacoast city.
Jun 18, 2020 · Jezebel first appears in the Bible in 1 Kings 16:31, stated as a daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians instead of Phoenicians. This is also the point of the Bible where the marriage between...
Apr 2, 2014 · Jezebel was a Phoenician princess in the 9th century who married Ahab, the prince of Israel. Eventually, they ruled as king and queen. Jezebel continued worship the nature god Baal.
Jezebel was a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab, son of Omri of Israel in the ninth century BCE and became queen of Israel. The Bible presents her as an ardent supporter of Baal, and she is frequently depicted in bloodthirsty confrontation with God’s prophets.
