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Jezebel
   Don't Confuse With a prophetess of Thyatira who enticed Christians in that church to commit sexual sins and idolatry (Revelation 2:20).
   Home Originally from Tyre and Sidon; lived in Samaria (I Kings 16:24) after marrying Ahab.
   Family Was the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians and priest of Melqart, the local name for Baal; married Ahab of Israel (I Kings 16:31) in what was probably a political marriage by Ahah's father Omri.
   Occupation Queen of Israel.
   Notorious for Her devotion to Baal (or Melqart), as evidenced by the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah that she employed (I Kings 18:19); and for her influence over Ahab, as evidenced by the idols which she influenced him to set up (I Kings 16:32-33) and the murder of Naboth that she persuaded him to commit (I Kings 21:1-29).
   Best Known For Her determination to kill the prophet Elijah, which caused him to flee for his life to Mount Horeb (I Kings 19:1-8).

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