Biblical figure; Phoenician princess and wife of Ahab
"Jezabel" redirects here. For the band, see The Jezabels.
For other uses, see Jezebel (disambiguation).
Jezebel
Queen consort of Israel
19th-century painting of Jezebel by John Liston Byam Shaw
Died
c. 852 BCE Tel Jezreel
Spouse
King Ahab
Issue
Ahaziah Jehoram Athaliah?
Father
Ithobaal I
Religion
Canaanite religion
Jezebel (/ˈdʒɛzəbəl,-bɛl/;[1][2][3] 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 16:31).[4]
According to the biblical narrative, Jezebel replaced Yahwism with Baal and Asherah worship and was responsible for Naboth’s death. This caused irreversible damage to the reputation of the Omride dynasty, who were already unpopular among the Israelites.[5][6][7][8] For these offences, Jezebel was defenestrated and devoured by dogs, under Jehu's orders, which Elijah prophesized (2 Kings 9:33–37).
Later, in the Book of Revelation, Jezebel is symbolically associated with false prophets.[9]
^Oxford English Dictionary (Second ed.). 1989. "Jezebel" (US) and "Jezebel". Oxford Dictionaries UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
^"Jezebel". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^"Jezebel". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^Elizabeth Knowles, "Jezebel", The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, OUP 2006
^"Micah 6:16".
^"2 Chronicles 21:6".
^"2 Kings 8:18".
^ISHDA, T. (1975). "The House of Ahab". Israel Exploration Journal. 25 (2/3): 135–137. JSTOR 27925509.
^B. Duff, Paul (2001). Who Rides the Beast?: Prophetic Rivalry and the Rhetoric of Crisis in the Churches of the Apocalypse. doi:10.1093/019513835X.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-513835-1.
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