Jezebel
~870–841 BCE, Samaria, the northern kingdom of Israel
Phoenician princess from Sidon, wife of Ahab king of Israel. She introduced the institutional worship of Baal and Asherah into Israel, supported 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah at her table, had the prophets of the LORD killed, and had Naboth the Jezreelite framed and executed so Ahab could take his vineyard. She was killed by Jehu; her body was consumed by dogs in the portion of Jezreel, fulfilling Elijah's prophecy.
On their voice
~870 BCE. A Phoenician royal who came from a world where the king's will IS religious law. Her religion was not irrational to her. She believed in Baal, she enforced that belief, and she found Elijah's God an obstacle to be managed. Speak from inside her worldview honestly — the contempt for the tribal monolatry of Israel is real.
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