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- Tamar. One of Jacob’s 12 sons, Judah, married a Canaanite woman who had two sons. According to custom, Judah obtained Tamar as wife for his eldest, Er.
- Potiphar's Lying Wife. Joseph was Jacob’s favorite son. We know the story of his coat of many colors, his jealous brothers, the pit, and Joseph’s unwilling journey to Egypt.
- Rahab. God’s chosen people crossed the Jordan into the promised land. Joshua was their leader and God instructed him to send two men as spies to view this land, “… especially Jericho.”
- Jael. Fast forward to the times of Israel’s Judges. A time when the sons of Israel continually chose evil in the sight of the Lord. God sold His people into the hands of a Canaanite king whose commander was Sisera—a leader with 900 iron chariots who oppressed the sons of Israel for 20 years.
- Eve—The original baddie, she made the fatal-for-everyone mistake of listening to the serpent’s lie that God wasn’t telling the truth about the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
- Jezebel—A Phoenician princess, she was married to Ahab, one of Israel’s worst kings. She worshipped Baal, who was heralded as the bringer of rain and prosperity.
- Athaliah—She was the daughter of Ahab and probably also of Jezebel, the Bible’s wickedest queen. Married to the King of Judah, she grew paranoid after his death, murdering her grandchildren in order to secure the throne.
- Herodias—The granddaughter of Herod the Great, she married two of her uncles, Herod Philip I and Herod Antipas. An ambitious and ruthless woman, she hated John the Baptist for thundering against her marriage to Herod Antipas, whom she had married after divorcing his half-brother Philip.
Tamar #1 – daughter-in-law of Judah, as well as the mother of two of his children, the twins Zerah and Perez. Genesis [189] Tamar #2 – daughter of King David, and sister of Absalom. Her mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. II Samuel [190] Tamar #3 – daughter of David's son Absalom.
bad women of the bible Latest. Mary Magdalene, Jezebel, Rahab, Lilith. Today, each are popularly considered scandalous women in the Bible. Are these so-condemned salacious women misrepresented?
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- Mary
One woman in the Bible all Christians should know is Eve. Eve was the first woman ever created, and she is the mother of all the living (Genesis 3:20). God created Adam and Eve in His image, and He loved them dearly (Genesis 1:27). The plan for their life was to live with God in the Garden of Eden, serve God, and enjoy their time together. God neve...
A second woman in the Bible all Christians should know is Hannah. Hannah was the mother of Samuel. She is one of the few people in the Bible who battled with depression during her life. Hannah was depressed because she was unable to have children. Elkanah was her husband, but he was also married to Peninnah. Peninnah gave birth to many children, wh...
A third woman in the Bible all Christians should know is Esther. There have been many movies, devotions, and books written about Esther; however, we can find the true story of Esther as recorded in the Bible. Esther’s Jewish name was Hadassah. Her mother and father had died, but her cousin, Mordecai, raised her in the knowledge of God. The king was...
A fourth woman in the Bible all Christians should know is Mary. Mary was the mother of Jesus Christ. She was a young woman when the angel Gabriel came to tell her she was going to be pregnant with a son. Mary wasn’t scared by the angel’s appearance, but rather she accepted what was going to happen. She was going to take part in the virgin birthof t...
How Bad Was Jezebel? By Janet Howe Gaines. For more than two thousand years, Jezebel has been saddled with a reputation as the bad girl of the Bible, the wickedest of women. This ancient queen has been denounced as a murderer, prostitute and enemy of God, and her name has been adopted for lingerie lines and World War II missiles alike.
e. Women in the Bible are wives, mothers and daughters, servants, slaves and prostitutes. As both victors and victims, some women in the Bible change the course of important events while others are powerless to affect even their own destinies. The majority of women in the Bible are anonymous and unnamed. Individual portraits of various women in ...
