Jezebel

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Jezebel (fl. 9th century bc), a Phoenician princess, traditionally the great-aunt of Dido and in the Bible the wife of Ahab king of Israel. She was denounced by Elijah for introducing the worship of Baal into Israel, and was finally killed at the order of Jehu (2 Kings 10:30–37).

According to the story, when Jezebel heard that Jehu had come, she ‘painted her face, and tired her head’ and looked down from the window at him. At Jehu's order, she was thrown down from the window, and (following a prophecy made by Elijah) the dogs ate her body all except her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

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