Instead it was built by the “wicked” King Ahab. Standing at the ... and object to his marrying Jezebel, a Phoenician woman who was cursed by the prophet Elijah. Eventually, a later conqueror ...

The new warrior king then goes on a killing spree, slaying the families of Ahab and Jezebel and other Baal-worshiping pagans who had despoiled the kingdom. “Jehu came to the capital city with an ...