Ethbaal

Type Figure Region Tyre Time c. -900–-847 Also known as Ethbaal、Ithobaal I、Ittobaal、以他巴力一世

Ethbaal (c. 878–847 BCE) was a Phoenician king of Tyre, a former priest of Astarte who seized the throne and fathered Jezebel, wife of Israel's King …

Timeline

c. -890–-878Tyre · TyreBefore seizing the throne he served as a priest of the temple of Astarte at Tyre; his religious status provided the social foundation for his later political rise.
-878–-847Tyre · TyreHe seized the throne of Tyre around 878 BCE and reigned for about thirty-one years. His daughter Jezebel married the Israelite king Ahab, bringing about a political marriage between Phoenicia and Israel.

Sources

1 Kings 16:31
Menander of Ephesus, Phoenician History (preserved in Josephus, Against Apion I.117–126) — Menander of Ephesus