Ethbaal
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Named at 1 Kings 16:31 as king of the Sidonians and the father of Jezebel. At 16:30–31 Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight above all that were before him, and “he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.”
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- 1KI 16:29–33, engwebp
29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
30Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight above all that were before him.
31As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
32He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did more yet to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
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Ethbaal — Father of — Jezebel (daughter of Ethbaal)
Evidence: 1 Kings 16:29–33
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As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Ethbaal (person-ethbaal) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/ethbaal Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 16:31 as king of the Sidonians and the father of Jezebel. At 16:30–31 Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight above all that were before him, and “he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.” Cited evidence: 1KI 16:29–33, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.