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Ancient Seal
Belonged To Queen Jezebel
“Utrecht
University Old Testament scholar Dr Marjo Korpel has discovered that a seal
found in 1964 and dating from the 9th century BCE belonged to the biblical
figure Queen Jezebel. The seal's symbols served as the basis for Korpel's
conclusion.
In
Israel in 1964, archaeologist Nahman Avigad found a seal engraved with the name
yzbl in ancient Hebrew. It was initially assumed that the seal had belonged to
Queen Jezebel (Izebel), the Phoenician wife of the Israelite King Ahab (9th
century B.C.). However, because the spelling of the name was erroneous and the
personal seal could just as easily have belonged to another women of the same
name, there was uncertainty regarding the original owner....”
See also the Utrecht University press release
I Kings 21 v7-9: "And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost
thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart
be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name,
and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the
nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth."
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