Who is Jezebel in the Bible?

Answer 1

The wife of King Ahab who was King of Israel. Ahab was one if Israel's most evil kings, and Jezebel his wife was equally evil. She was the daughter of the King of Tyre, Ithobaal. She turned Ahab away from God to heathen gods and persuaded Ahab to rule over Israel as a tyrant. In the 2nd book of Kings, we are told that Jezebel is killed by the eunuchs in her palace at the request of Jehu, who then throw her out of the palace window to the street below. She is eaten by wild dogs,and only her skull, hands and feet remained, fulfilling a prophecy by Elijah in 1 kings 21:22-26. Because of her wickedness, the name 'Jezebel' has become a term of abuse for any woman who is regarded either as wicked or of loose morals.