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In the Middle Ages, the chronicler Matthew Paris criticised Isabella of Angoulême, the queen consort of John, King of England, by writing that she was "more Jezebel than Isabel". [56] In modern usage, the name of Jezebel is sometimes used as a synonym for sexually promiscuous or controlling women.
Jezebel, in the Bible, the wife of King Ahab, who ruled the kingdom of Israel. By interfering with the exclusive worship of the Hebrew God, Yahweh, by disregarding the rights of the common people, and by defying the prophets Elijah and Elisha, she provoked the internecine strife that enfeebled Israel for decades.
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- Jezebel was the daughter of the priest-king Ethbaal, ruler of the Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon. When Jezebel married King Ahab of Israel (ru...
- Jezebel has come to be known as an archetype of the wicked woman. According to the Bible (Kings I and II), she provoked conflict that weakened Isra...
- Looking down from her window, Jezebel taunted Jehu, the general who had overthrown and killed her son. Jehu ordered her eunuchs to throw her out th...
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Dec 5, 2023 · Jezebel promoted the worship of false gods in Israel, harassed and killed God’s prophets, and arranged for an innocent man to be falsely charged and executed. Jezebel's name has come to symbolize traits such as wickedness, manipulation, and seduction, making it a symbol of female treachery and evil in popular culture.
May 4, 2020 · Known for: Jezebel, an evil queen, was the wife of King Ahab. She persecuted and tried to destroy God’s prophets, established Baal worship throughout Israel, and turned people away from the God who had rescued them from slavery in Egypt. Hometown: Jezebel came from Sidon, a Phoenician seacoast city.
Mar 10, 2020 · Jezebel (d. c. 842 BCE) was the Phoenician Princess of Sidon who married Ahab, King of Israel (r. c. 871 - c. 852 BCE) according to the biblical books of I...
