Jezebel Queen of Israel 
Jezebel was born in Sidon, Phoenicia. Jezebel's father was Ethbaal King of Phoenicia. Her paternal grandfather was son of Asshur. She was an only child. She died in Shechem, Samaria.General Notes
Jezebel, Tyrian princess, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Tyre (now Sur, Lebanon) and Sidon (now Saida, Lebanon), and wife of Ahab, king of Israel. According to the Old Testament books of Kings and Chronicles, Ahab married a princess of Tyre to cement a political alliance. Jezebel introduced the worship of Baal into Israel, thereby inciting a mutual enmity with the prophets of Yahweh. She is portrayed as the most bitter opponent of the prophet Elijah and as instigating the murder of one Naboth for possession of his vineyard (see 1 Kings 21). Jezebel survived her husband by 14 years and was killed by Jehu when he seized the thrones of Israel and Judah (see 2 Kings 9). The name of Jezebel was held in reproach among the Jews because she introduced tyrannical government and the worship of foreign gods. In the New Testament (see Revelation 2:20), the name Jezebel is given to a wicked woman who exerts a corrupting influence. In English it has come to signify a brazen or forward woman.
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- b. in Shulon, East Eden d. in Salem (Jerusalem), Canaan
- b. in Shulon, East Eden
- b. in Salem (Jerusalem) Canaan d. in Assyria
- b. in Tob, Geshur d. in Tob, Gesher
- b. in Sidon, Phoenicia d. in Sidon, Phoenicia
- b. in Sidon, Phoenicia d. in Shechem, Samaria
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