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Jezebel (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ z ə b əl,-b ɛ l /) [1] [2] [3] [4] was the daughter of Ithobaal I of Tyre and the wife of Ahab, King of Israel, according to the Book of Kings ...
As Omri's successor, Ahab married Jezebel, the daughter of Ithobaal I of Tyre.Under Jezebel's influence, he abandoned Yahweh and established Baal and Asherah cults in Israel according to 1 Kings 16:29–33.
Jezebel, wife of king Ahab of Israel. A seal was found that may bear her name, but the dating and identification with the biblical Jezebel is a subject of debate among scholars. [194] Josiah, king of Judah. Three seals were found that may have belonged to his son Eliashib. [195] Nathan-melech, one of Josiah's officials in 2 Kings 23:11.
Ahab sulked and refused to eat, until his wife Jezebel provided a solution. Pretending to be the king, she wrote to the elders of Naboth’s village under his seal and ordered them to hold a feast ...
Gustave Doré, The Death of Athaliah.. Accounts of Athaliah’s life are found in 2 Kings 8:16–11:16 and 2 Chronicles 22:10–23:15 in the Hebrew Bible.According to the chroniclers, she was the daughter of king Omri of Israel; [1] however, she is usually considered to have been the daughter of King Ahab – the son of Omri – and his wife, Queen Jezebel. [2]
Queen Jezebel executed by defenestration in Jezreel, by Gustav Doré. Prior to the division of the United Kingdom of Israel, the city was the hometown of Ahinoam, second wife of King David, Michal, Saul's daughter, being the first, Ahinoam being his second, and Abigail, widow of Nabal, being his third (1 Samuel 25:43).
Ithobaal held close diplomatic contacts with king Ahab of Israel. 1 Kings 16:31 relates that his daughter Jezebel married Ahab (874 – 853 BC), [4] and Phoenician influence in Samaria and the other Israelite cities was extensive. In the First Kings passage, Ithobaal is labeled king of the Sidonians.
Bassett, who took over as Jezebel editor-in-chief in September 2021, is the seventh head editor across G/O Media’s 10 websites to quit over the last eight months.