Bible Dictionary

Ethbaal

(with Baal), king of Sidon and father of Jezebel. (1 Kings 16:31) Josephus represents him as a king of the Tyrians as well as of the Sidonians. We may thus identify him with Eithobalus, who, after ha…

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(with Baal), king of Sidon and father of Jezebel. (1 Kings 16:31) Josephus represents him as a king of the Tyrians as well as of the Sidonians. We may thus identify him with Eithobalus, who, after having assassinated Pheles, usurped the throne of Tyre for thirty-two years. C. 940-908.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

ETH'BAAL (with Baal; i. e. favored by him), king of the Zidonians and father of Jezebel. 1 Kgs 16:31. In secular history he is known as Ithobalus, a priest of Astarte, as well as king. He usurped the throne of Tyre after having murdered the reigning king. c. 940-908.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

toward the idol, or with Baal