Queen Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal I of the Sidonians, the sister of Baal-Eser II. Jezebel married King Ahab (r. 874-853 BC), of Samaria, the northern kingdom of Israel.
Sidon was the first-born son of Canaan, who was a son of Ham, thereby making Sidon a great-grandson of Noah.
King Ahab was the son and successor of King Omri. Under Jezebel's influence, he established Baal and Ashtoreth worship in Israel.
Jezebel's father, King Ethbaal I (r. 878-847 BC), was first a priest of Ashtoreth. He killed his predecessor then went on to reign for 32 years.
King Ahab's father, King Omri (885 BC-874 BC) was the founder of the short-lived House of Omri Dynasty through his son Ahab, his grandsons Ahaziah (Jehoahaz) and Jehoram of Israel, and his granddaughter, Athaliah. King Omri was a captain of the armies of Israel under Elah.
Athaliah was queen of Judah (r. 841–835 BC) and the only female monarch to sit on David’s throne in biblical history. Athaliah was the daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, and she married Jehoram of Judah (r. 853-841 BC), the eldest son of Judah’s King Jehoshophat.
Through an alliance between King Jehoshaphat's with the Kingdom of Israel, one of the terms was that Jehoram married Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab & Jezebel. Jehoram's rule of Judah was shaky. Edom, then ruled by a viceroy of the king of Judah, revolted. When Jehoram marched against the Edomites, his army fled and King Jehoram was forced to acknowledge their independence. The town of Libnah also also revolted during King Jehoram's reign.
Jehoshaphat (r. 872-848 BC) was the sixth king of the Davidic kingdom, fourth of Judah after secession of the northern tribes. His reign was contemporary, in whole or part, to Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah and Jehoram, kings of Israel—the entire Omrid dynasty and contemporary to the prophets Elijah and Elisha. His children included Jehoram, who succeeded him as king. King Jehoshaphat's mother was Azubah, his father Asa.
Athaliah’s son, King Ahaziah (c. 842 – 841), was the first King of Judah to be descended from both the House of David and the House of Omri, through his mother and successor.
Naboth was a citizen of Jezreel who owned a vineyard that was close to King Ahab and Queen Jezebel's palace in Jezreel.
It was in the Valley of Jezreel that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and other eastern peoples camped during the judgeship of Gideon.
According to the Book of Kings in the Hebrew Bible, Naboth was executed by Jezebel so that her husband Ahab could possess his vineyard.
King Ahab asked Naboth if he could buy the vineyard so that he could use it as a vegetable garden. Naboth declined, which angered Ahab.
Jezebel wrote a letter, under Ahab's name, to the elders and nobles of Jezreel. In the letter, the elders and nobles were instructed to organize a religious fast and exalt Naboth and bring forth two witnesses to (falsely) accuse Naboth of cursing God and the Ahab.
Her orders were carried out, giving Ahab access to the vineyard.
Old Testament scholars have discovered that a seal dating from the 9th century BC belonging to Queen Jezebel. That she possessed her own seal enabled her to deal with matters independently of King Ahab.
Ahab died from a wound inflicted at Ramoth-gilead.
Noah's son Ham was the father of Canaan. His firstborn son, Sidon, was the ancestor of the Sidonians.
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The Canaanite clans eventually spread out, and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark, following the great flood (c. 2100 BC), were Shem, Ham and Japheth.
The divided Kingdom of Israel consisted of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, and Joseph (10 of the 12 tribes). It was defeated and carried into captivity by the Assyrians in 722 BC.
The southern kingdom of Judah was defeated by the Babylonians in 586 BC and also carried into captivity (Judah & Benjamin).
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