Who was jezebel in Holy Bible stories?
JEZEBEL (Jez´e·bel) [from Phoenician, possibly meaning “Where Is the Lofty One [that is, the prince]?”]. 1. Wife of Ahab, a king of Israel in the latter half of the tenth century B.C.E. She was a domineering queen who proved to be a strong advocate of Baalism at the expense of Jehovah’s worship. In this she was like her father Ethbaal, the king of Sidon, evidently the one identified by the ancient historian Menander (according to Josephus’ Against Apion, I, 116, 123 [18]) as a priest of Astarte (Ashtoreth) who gained the throne by murdering his own king.—1Ki 16:30, 31. Quite likely Ahab’s marriage to this pagan princess Jezebel was for political reasons, without regard for the disastrous religious consequences. And after his having made such an alliance, it was only the next logical step in pleasing his devout Baal-worshiping wife to build a temple and altar for Baal, erect a phallic “sacred pole,” and then join her in this idolatrous worship. In all of this, Ahab did more to offend Je
