![]() Astarte is what the Phoenicians called her. We learn in 1 Kings 16:31, Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, who was king of the Sidonians (or Phoenicians).īefore becoming king, Ethbaal was noted to have been a priest of Astarte, which was the Greek form of the moon goddess Ashtoreth. King Ahab, who “did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any before him,” ( 1 Kings 16:30) married Jezebel, making her the queen over Israel. Jezebel promoted the worship of false gods in Israel, harassed and killed God’s prophets, and arranged for an innocent man to be falsely charged and executed. ![]() Queen Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, king of Sidon, and the wife of Ahab, king of Israel.
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