1 Kings 16:31
16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. 1
1 Kings 18:4
18:4 When Jezebel was killing 2 the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)
1 Kings 18:19
18:19 Now send out messengers 3 and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports. 4
1 Kings 19:2
19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, 5 “May the gods judge me severely 6 if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” 7
1 Kings 21:7
21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! 8 Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. 9 I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”
1 Kings 21:15
21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she 10 said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”
1 tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”
sn The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.
2 tn Heb “cutting off.”
3 tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. 20 for clarification.
4 tn Heb “who eat at the table of Jezebel.”
5 tn Heb “saying.”
6 tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”
7 tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
8 tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”
9 tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”
10 tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.