Who was Queen Jezebel?
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Jezebel was Ahab’s Phoenician queen and one of the Bible’s most notorious villains. She championed Baal worship, slaughtered prophets of the LORD, and engineered the murder of innocent Naboth. Her name became synonymous with seductive, manipulative evil.
She vowed to kill Elijah after his victory at Mount Carmel, sending the prophet fleeing south.
Her engineering of Naboth’s death prompted Elijah’s most chilling prophecy — fulfilled to the letter at her death.
Revelation later uses "Jezebel" symbolically for false teachers in the church seducing God’s people into compromise. Her shadow stretches into church history.
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Original BibleDawn answer · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.