ETHBAAL ĕth’ bāl (אֶתְבַּ֨עַל׃֙, LXX Ιεθεβααλ, with Baal or man of Baal). The king of the Sidonians whose daughter Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab of Israel. Apart from the one statement about Ethbaal in 1 Kings 16:31, that which is known of him comes from Josephus.

Ithobaal I[a] is the name of a 9th-century BCE king of Tyre mentioned in the story of Jezebel from the Hebrew Bible, and in a citation by Josephus of a list of the kings of Tyre put together by the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus (2nd century BCE).

Ethbaal, also known as Ithobaal I, was a prominent king of the Sidonians, a Phoenician people, during the 9th century BC. His reign is noted for its significant influence on the political and religious landscape of the ancient Near East, particularly through his daughter Jezebel's marriage to Ahab, king of Israel.

ETHBAAL (Heb. אֶתְבַּעַל; "Baal is with him" – pronounced Ittoba'al?), a name borne by several kings of city-states in the area that classical sources call *Phoenicia, corresponding in the main to present-day Lebanon and Northwest Israel. Akkadian transcriptions indicate that the initial alef of Itobaal might be elided in pronunciation.

Eth'baal (Hebrews Ethba'al, אֶתבִּעִל, with Baal, i.e., enjoying his favor and help; Sept. Ε᾿θβάαλ), a king of Sidon, father of the infamous Jezebel, the wife of Ahab (1Ki 16:31).

He is notably recognized as the father of Jezebel, who became the wife of King Ahab of Israel. Ethbaal's reign is marked by the strong influence of Phoenician culture and religion, particularly the worship of Baal, which Jezebel later introduced into Israel, leading to significant religious and political conflicts.

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 Ethbaals reign may be given as about B.C. 940-908.

Ethbaal the king of Tyre, also known as Ithobaal I (or Ithobalus), was the father of the capricious Jezebel and is mentioned in the First Book of Kings as the king of Sidonites.[1] Ethbaal was born in 915 BC to a man named Ahiram of whom hardly anything is known except for a …

Eth'baal (Hebrews Ethba'al, אֶתבִּעִל, with Baal, i.e., enjoying his favor and help; Sept. Ε᾿θβάαλ), a king of Sidon, father of the infamous Jezebel, the wife of Ahab (1Ki 16:31).

Ithobaal III (Latin Ithobalus, Hebrew Ethbaal) was recorded by Josephus as the king on the list of kings of Tyre reigning 591/0–573/2 BCE at the time of the first fall of Jerusalem, and therefore the subject of Ezekiel's cherub in Eden. [1]