Name Prefix:<NPFX> King Also Known As:<_AKA> King of Tyre & Sidon He was patron of the heathen cults that were so popular in ancientPalestine. His daughter Jezebel took his paganism with her when shemarried King Ahab, and corruped Israel. Many historians, such asJosephus, state that Ethbaal was originally a priest of Astarte whomurdered to grab the throne of Tyre and Sidon. (Everyone in the Bible,by William P. Barker, 1966)