Jezebel
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Jezebel was the daughter of Ithobaal I of Tyre and the wife of Ahab, King of Israel, according to the Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible.
19th-century painting of Jezebel by John Liston Byam Shaw
Jezabel and Ahab (c. 1863) by Frederic Leighton
Jezebel and Ahab meeting Elijah, print by Sir Francis Dicksee (1853–1928)
The Death of Jezebel by Gustave Doré
Ahab
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Ahab was the son and successor of King Omri and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He was widely criticized for causing "moral decline" in Israel, according to the Yahwists. But modern scholars argue that Ahab was a Yahwist and introduced his god to the Kingdom of Judah via imperialism. This mostly occurred in the latter half of his reign.
Shalmaneser III's (859–824 BC) Kurkh Monolith names King Ahab.
Death of Ahab, by Gustave Doré