卒于西元前843?年

见于《旧约》，以色列国王亚哈之妻。耶洗别是提尔和西顿国王兼祭司谒巴力（Ethbaal）的女儿，她劝亚哈把对提尔神巴力的崇拜引进以色列，因而阻挠了希伯来人对雅赫维一神的崇拜。〈列王纪上〉第一章记载了先知以利亚如何反抗她。亚哈死后，耶洗别的儿子约兰继位，但先知以利沙拥戴将军耶户起而叛乱，结果约兰被杀，耶洗别则被丢出窗外摔死。她的尸体后来被狗群吃掉大半，应验了以利亚的预言。在历史和文学上，耶洗别是邪恶女人的原型。

 

In the Old Testament, the wife of King Ahab of Israel. The daughter of the
priest-king Ethbaal of Tyre and Sidon, she persuaded Ahab to introduce the
worship of the Tyrian god Baal-Melkart into Israel, thus interfering with the
exclusive worship of Yahweh. The Book of 1 Kings tells how she was opposed by
Elijah. After Ahab's death Jezebel's son Jehoram became king of Israel, but
Elisha encouraged a general, Jehu, to revolt. Jehoram was killed, and Jezebel
was thrown from a window to her death. Dogs consumed most of her body,
fulfilling a prophecy by Elijah. In history and literature she became the
archetype of the wicked woman.

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