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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JEE-JUN |
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JEZEBEL (Heb. i-zebel, perhaps an artificial form to suggest " un-exalted," a divine name or its equivalent would naturally be expected instead of the first syllable) , wife of Ahab, king of Israel (1 Kings xvi. 31), and mother
worship of Yahweh, and to his prophets, whom she relentlessly pursued (1 Kings xviii. 413; see ELIJAH). She is represented as a woman of virile character , and became notorious for the part
inheritance
influence of strong religious bias; among the exaggerations must be reckoned 1 Kings xviii. 13, which is inconsistent with xix. 18 and xxii. 6. A literal interpretation of the reference to Jezebel's idolatry
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