Eth-baal
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him
to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took
to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians,
and went and served Baal, and worshipped him....
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Ithobaal I (or Ethbaal; Biblical Ethbaal, 1 Kings 16:31) was a
king of Tyre who founded a new dynasty. During his reign, Tyre
expanded its power on the mainland, making all of Phoenicia
its territory as far north as Beirut, including Sidon, and
even a part of the island of Cyprus. At the same time, Tyre
also built new overseas colonies: Botrys...
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eth-ba'-al, eth'-ba-al ('ethba`al, "with Baal"): "King of the
Sidonians," and father of Jezebel whom Ahab king of Israel
took to wife (1 Ki 16:31)....
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(with Baal), king of Sidon and father of Jezebel. 1Ki 16:31
Josephus represents him as a king of the Tyrians as well as of
the Sidonians. We may thus identify him with Eithobalus, who,
after having assassinated Pheles, usurped the throne of Tyre
for thirty-two years. The date of Ethbaal's reign may be given
as about B.C. 940-908....
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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 Jud...
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("with Baal"), namely, for his patron god. Ithobalus ("Baal
with him") in Menander (Josephus, Apion 1:18), king of Sidon,
Jezebel's father (1 Kings 16:31). (See JEZEBEL.) Priest of
Astarte. Murdered Pheles, 50 years after Hiram's death, and
usurped the throne of Tyre for 32 years, 940-908 B.C....
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