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Ahab's queen who made Baal worship official and hunted down God's prophets
Her father Ethbaal (Ittobaal I), king of the Sidonians, is attested in Assyrian records of Shalmaneser III and by Josephus citing Menander of Ephesus (Against Apion 1.18)
Phoenician princess who married King Ahab of Israel and brought organized Baal worship with her. She funded 450 prophets of Baal, ordered the execution of God's prophets, and had a man named Naboth killed so Ahab could take his vineyard. Elijah was her arch-nemesis. Her name became a byword for spiritual corruption, manipulation, and false teaching — referenced in Revelation as a warning.
Fresh off his greatest victory, Elijah runs for his life from Jezebel's death threat and has a deeply personal encounter with God in the wilderness.
Elijah vs. the Prophets of BaalDivided KingdomOn Mount Carmel, Elijah challenges 450 prophets of Baal to a showdown — and God answers with fire from heaven that ends the debate.
Jehu's RevolutionDivided KingdomElisha sends a prophet to anoint the military commander Jehu as king, and Jehu carries out a bloody purge of Ahab's entire dynasty and Baal worship in Israel.
Naboth's VineyardDivided KingdomWhen a man named Naboth refuses to sell his family vineyard, Queen Jezebel has him framed and executed — and God sends Elijah with a devastating judgment.
11 chapters across 4 books
Jezebel is named alongside Ahab as the co-founder of institutionalized Baal worship in Israel — the destruction of Baal's temple is presented as the undoing of her most lasting and destructive legacy.
The Confrontation at Naboth's Field2 Kings 9:21-26Jezebel is named by Jehu as the reason there can be no peace — her ongoing idolatry and sorcery are the living legacy of Ahab's sins that Joram never renounced.
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