A Phoenician princess—and not an adherent of the Hebrew faith—Jezebel becomes the wife of Omri’s son and successor, King Ahab, who reigned in the northern kingdom of Israel circa 874 B.C.

“Your awnings were made of finest cloth, of purple,” notes the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel, in his inventory of the luxury products traded by Tyre. ( A 2,600-year-old Phoenician wine ...

Gaines believes the motives of the 1 and 2 Kings writers—as with all Old and New Testament authors—must be evaluated when considering the veracity of their accounts.

An Old Testament scholar has discovered that a seal found in 1964 and dating from the 9th century BCE belonged to the biblical figure Queen Jezebel. The seal's symbols served as the basis for ...