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 940 BC - 887 BC
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| Name |
JEZEBEL |
| Birth |
940 BC |
| Gender |
Female |
| _UID |
DF98D90E716DE84AAC25915243492AA77F56 |
| Death |
887 BC |
| Notes |
- Personal name meaning, Baal exalts, or Baal is husband to, or unchaste. Wife of King Ahab of Israel, who brought the worship of Baal from Sidon, where her father Ethbaal was king (1 Kin 16:31). Jezebel tried to destroy all God’s prophets in Israel (1 Kin 18:4), while installing prophets of Baal and Asherah (1 Kin 18:19, modern translations) as part of the royal household. Elijah proved these prophets to be false on Mount Carmel (1 Kin 18), bringing Jezebel’s threat to kill Elijah (1 Kin 19:2). Elijah ran for his life to Beersheba.
When Ahab wanted Naboth’s vineyard, Jezebel connived with the leaders of the city who falsely accused and convicted Naboth, stoning him to death. Elijah then prophesied Jezebel’s death, she being the one who had stirred up Ahab to wickedness (1 Kin 21). She continued her evil influence as her son Joram ruled (2 Kin 9:22). Elisha anointed Jehu to replace Joram. Jehu assassinated Joram and then went to Jezreel after Jezebel. She tried to adorn herself and entice him, but her servants obeyed Jehu’s call to throw her from the window to the street, where horses trod her in the ground (2 Kin 9:30-37).
Jezebel’s name became so associated with wickedness that the false prophetess in the church at Thyatira was labeled, Jezebel (Rev 2:20).
jezebel (21)
1 Kin 16:31, 1 Kin 18:4, 1 Kin 18:13, 1 Kin 19:1-2 (2), 1 Kin 21:5, 1 Kin 21:7, 1 Kin 21:11, 1 Kin 21:14-15 (3), 1 Kin 21:23 (2), 1 Kin 21:25, 2 Kin 9:7, 2 Kin 9:10, 2 Kin 9:22, 2 Kin 9:30, 2 Kin 9:36-37 (3)
jezebel’s (1)
1 Kin 18:19
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| Person ID |
I1552 |
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| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2012 |
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