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  2. Jul 9, 2024 · Jezebel is one of the most infamous figures in the Bible, known for her idolatry, manipulation, and opposition to the prophets of God. She was a Phoenician princess, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and became the wife of King Ahab of Israel.

  3. Dec 26, 2010 · There are one or two women named Jezebel in the Bible. The famous Jezebel is the notorious wife of the notorious king Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians (1 Kings 16:31). Jezebel promotes the worship of Baal in Israel and murders the servants of YHWH (1 Kings 18:4).

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    King Ahab, who “did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any [king of Israel] before him” (1 Kings 16:30), married Jezebel, making her the queen of Israel. We learn in 1 Kings 16:31that Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, who was king of the Sidonians (or Phoenicians). Before becoming king, Ethbaal was noted to have been a priest of Astarte, whi...

    Jezebel's greatest enemy was the prophet Elijah, who refused to worship Baal. Elijah pronounced the punishment of God upon Israel in the form of a drought that lasted three years (James 5:17A confrontation ensued between Elijah and King Ahab, which resulted in a gathering of all the prophets at Mount Caramel. At the gathering, Elijah proclaimed him...

    Jezebel was still on a war path to display just how evil and wicked she truly was. In 1 Kings 21, we see how Jezebel organized the death of Naboth. Naboth, a man who feared God and wanted to honor Him, owned a vineyard near the palace of King Ahab. Ahab demanded Naboth give him the vineyard for the purpose of an herb garden. He offered to improve t...

    The prophet Elisha, successor to Elijah, sent orders to Jehu, a commander in Joram’s army, to eliminate all of Ahab’s descendants. Jehu killed Joram, then proceeded to Jezreel, where Queen Jezebel was, as she was his next obstacle for his promotion to the king. In 2 Kings 9:30, we learn, “When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged...

  4. Jezebel. chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel ( 1 Kings 16:31). This was the "first time that a king of Israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen princess; and the alliance was in this case of a peculiarly disastrous kind.

  5. Jan 4, 2022 · Question. Who was Jezebel in the Bible? Answer. “Jezebel” is a name synonymous with evil; she is the epitome of the wicked woman. So infamous is her name that, to this day, no one names their baby daughter “Jezebel.” To call a woman a “Jezebel” is the greatest insult imaginable.

  6. 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 Jezebel and Ahab is mentioned.

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