Person
Jezebel
Sidonian princess and Ahab's queen who institutionalized Baal worship in Israel, ordered Elijah's death after Carmel, and engineered Naboth's judicial murder — thrown down at Jezreel as Elijah had spoken.
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Key Data
- Era
- Divided kingdom
- Titles
- Queen of Israel
- Tags
- 1-kings · baal · rulers
Jezebel in Scripture
21 verses use this name, in 3 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Jezebel.
First named1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.Last namedRevelation 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Old Testament2 books · 20 mentions
1 Kings14 mentions
- 1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
- 1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:13Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
- 1 Kings 18:19Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- 1 Kings 19:1Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
9 further mentions in 1 Kings — read them in the book.
2 Kings6 mentions
- 2 Kings 9:7And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
- 2 Kings 9:10And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
- 2 Kings 9:22When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
- 2 Kings 9:30Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
- 2 Kings 9:36So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
1 further mention in 2 Kings — read them in the book.
Named alongside
Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in 1 Kings 16, 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 19, 1 Kings 21, 2 Kings 9 and Revelation 2. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.
AhabSeventh king of the northern kingdom, son of Omri, who "did evil above all that were before him"; Elijah's chief antago…1 Kings 16:28And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
ElijahThe Tishbite who shut heaven for three years and a half, called down fire on Carmel, heard the still small voice at Hor…1 Kings 18:1After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
JehuThe furious-driving commander anointed at Elisha's order who purged the house of Ahab and Baal from Israel — zealous fo…1 Kings 16:1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:
NabothThe Jezreelite who refused to sell the inheritance of his fathers to Ahab; framed by Jezebel's letters and stoned — the…1 Kings 21:1Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
JudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line…1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
OmriArmy commander made king of Israel who founded Samaria as the northern capital; politically formidable, spiritually jud…1 Kings 16:16and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had not only conspired but had also struck down the king. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
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