A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Jezebel
JEZEBEL, Daughter of Ethbaal, King of Sidon, and Wife of Ahah, King of Israel,
Famous in Scripture for encouraging her husband in injustice; for her cruelty, impiety, and hatred of the prophets. Thrown from the top of her palace by the orders of Jehu, successor to Ahab, whom she had attired and painted herself to attract. Her body was devoured by dogs, 884 B. C.
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