Jezebel

Jezebel

Jezebel (/ˈdʒɛzəbəl/, /ˈdʒɛzəbɛl/; Hebrew: אִיזֶבֶל / אִיזָבֶל, Izével / Izável ʾÎzéḇel / ʾÎzāḇel) (fl. 9th century BCE) was a princess, identified in the Hebrew Book of Kings as the daughter of Ethbaal, King of Tyre (Phoenicia) and the wife of Ahab, king of north Israel. According to genealogies given in Josephus and other classical sources, she was the great-aunt of Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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