Bible Person
Meaning: toward the idol · Male · 1 cross reference
Ethbaal is the king of Sidon and the father of Jezebel. He belongs to the foreign royal setting through which idolatrous influence enters the house of Ahab. First appears in 1 Kgs 16:31.1
AI summary: Ethbaal matters because his single cross reference helps explain the political and religious background behind Jezebel's role in Israel. The entry shows how marriage alliances could carry deep spiritual consequences for the covenant people. Taken together, the material presents Ethbaal as a foreign king whose house becomes a source of destructive influence in Israel.1
Central Figure
Ethbaal
Meaning: toward the idol
With Baal, a king of Sidon (B.C.
Children
With Baal, a king of Sidon (B.C. 940-908), father of Jezebel, who was the wife of Ahab (1 Kings 16:31). He is said to have been also a priest of Astarte, whose worship was closely allied to that of Baal, and this may account for his daughter’s zeal in promoting idolatry in Israel. This marriage of Ahab was most fatal to both Israel and Judah. Dido, the founder of Carthage, was his granddaughter. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.