Jezebel Enters History
1 Kings 16:29-31
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria for twenty-two years... he [Ahab] took as wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Phoenicians…
In this picture is a Phoenician Seal with the Inscription:“Belonging to Jezebel” Though its connection to the Biblical Jezebel is debated, the script and iconography point toward a Phoenician origin. The iconography further incorporates various Egyptian elements, common in Phoenician art of the time period that Jezebel lived.
Overview
Phoenician Seal with the Inscription:
“Belonging to Jezebel”
In the Bible
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years... he [Ahab] took as wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Phoenicians…
"וְאַחְאָ֣ב בֶּן־עָמְרִ֗י מָלַךְ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁמֹנֶה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַ֠יִּמְלֹךְ אַחְאָ֨ב בֶּן־עָמְרִ֤י עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָֽה... וַיִּקַּ֨ח (אַחְאָב) אִשָּׁ֜ה אֶת־אִיזֶ֗בֶל בַּת־אֶתְבַּ֨עַל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ צִֽידֹנִ֔ים..."
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