ethbaal Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
ethbaal in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(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.
ethbaal in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ETH'BAAL (with Baal; i. e. favored by him), king of the Zidonians and father of Jezebel. 1 Kgs 16:31. In secular history he is known as Ithobalus, a priest of Astarte, as well as king. He usurped the throne of Tyre after having murdered the reigning king. He reigned 32 years, b.c. 940-908.
ethbaal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("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.