Dictionaries :: Ethbaal

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ethbaal:

toward the idol, or with Baal

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ethbaal:

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 (1Ki 16:31).

Nave's Topical Bible

Ethbaal: King of Sidon

1Ki 16:31

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ethbaal:

(with Baal) king of Sidon and father of Jezebel (1 Kings 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.