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<p> ("with Baal"), namely, for his patron god. Ithobalus ("Baal with him") in [[Menander]] (Josephus, [[Apion]] 1:18), king of Sidon, Jezebel's father (1 Kings 16:31). (See JEZEBEL.) [[Priest]] of Astarte. | <p> ("with Baal"), namely, for his patron god. Ithobalus ("Baal with him") in [[Menander]] (Josephus, [[Apion]] 1:18), king of Sidon, Jezebel's father (1 Kings 16:31). (See JEZEBEL.) [[Priest]] of Astarte. Murdered Pheles, 50 years after Hiram's death, and usurped the throne of [[Tyre]] for 32 years, 940-908 B.C. </p> | ||
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<p> (Hebrews Ethba'al, אֶתְבִּעִל, 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]] (1 Kings 16:31). According to [[Josephus]] (Ant. 8:13, 1 and 2; Apion, 1:18), [[Ethbaal]] is called Ithobalus (Ι᾿θόβαλος or Εἰθώβαλος, i.e., אַתּוֹבִעִל=Baal with him) by Menander, who also says that he was a priest of Astarte, and, having put the king Pheles to death, assumed the scepter of [[Tyre]] and Sidon, lived sixty-eight years, and reigned thirty-two (comp. Theophil. Autol. 3, page 132). As fifty years elapsed between the deaths of [[Hiram]] and Pheles, the date of Ethbaal's reign may be given as about B.C. 940-908. The worship of [[Baal]] was no doubt closely allied to that of Astarte, and it is even possible that a priest of [[Astarte]] might have been dedicated also to the service of Baal, and borne his name. We here see the reason why Jezebel, the daughter of a priest of Astarte, was so zealous a promoter of idolatry, the taint of which, with its attendant tyranny, eventually extended to the throne of [[Judah]] in the person of Athaliah; and as, twenty-one years after the death of Ethbaal, his granddaughter [[Dido]] built Carthage, and founded that celebrated commonwealth (Josephus, as above), we may judge what sort of a spirit animated the females of this royal family. (See [[Ahab]]). [[Another]] | <p> (Hebrews Ethba'al, אֶתְבִּעִל, 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]] (1 Kings 16:31). According to [[Josephus]] (Ant. 8:13, 1 and 2; Apion, 1:18), [[Ethbaal]] is called Ithobalus (Ι᾿θόβαλος or Εἰθώβαλος, i.e., אַתּוֹבִעִל=Baal with him) by Menander, who also says that he was a priest of Astarte, and, having put the king Pheles to death, assumed the scepter of [[Tyre]] and Sidon, lived sixty-eight years, and reigned thirty-two (comp. Theophil. Autol. 3, page 132). As fifty years elapsed between the deaths of [[Hiram]] and Pheles, the date of Ethbaal's reign may be given as about B.C. 940-908. The worship of [[Baal]] was no doubt closely allied to that of Astarte, and it is even possible that a priest of [[Astarte]] might have been dedicated also to the service of Baal, and borne his name. We here see the reason why Jezebel, the daughter of a priest of Astarte, was so zealous a promoter of idolatry, the taint of which, with its attendant tyranny, eventually extended to the throne of [[Judah]] in the person of Athaliah; and as, twenty-one years after the death of Ethbaal, his granddaughter [[Dido]] built Carthage, and founded that celebrated commonwealth (Josephus, as above), we may judge what sort of a spirit animated the females of this royal family. (See [[Ahab]]). [[Another]] Phoenician king of the same name (Ι᾿θόβαλος or Εἰθώβαλος ) appears as a contemporary of [[Nebuchadnezzar]] (Josephus, Ant. 10:11, 1; Apion, 1:21; Eusebius, Chron. Armen. 1:74). (See [[Phoenicia]]). </p> | ||
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