JEZEBEL DETHRONED

The native land of Jezebel is the Phoenician Kingdom. Her father is Ethbaal king of Sidon. Phoenician kingdom comprises of Arwad, Byblos, Berytus, Sidon and Tyre. Ahab's choice:  "And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to  wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethabaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him ." (1Kings16:31). The Phoenicians are part of the Canaanite civilization, occupied the eastern coastal regions of the Mediterranean Sea. This coastal region is filled with thriving economy based on the sea.  The city is well known for commerce right from the ancient days. Mordern day Lebanon is this empire. During the rule of King David and Solomon their commercial ties were sound. "And Solomon sent to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying, as thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send home cedars to build him and house to dwell therein, even so deal with m...

The Inhabitants of Canaan:   The land of Canaan was inhibited by several tribes; these are  t he Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites The land with seven enemies to be conquered for each tribe of Israel led by the command by the Lord and Joshua was the prime focus. " And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites." (Exodus 3:8). God's Covenant with the Israelites God made it mandatory that,  what  the Israelites should do with the inhabitants of the land, how they should lead a life pure for God. "For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to ...