Jezebel, in the Bible, the wife of King Ahab, who ruled the kingdom of Israel. By interfering with the exclusive worship of the Hebrew God, Yahweh, by disregarding the rights of the common people, and by defying the prophets Elijah and Elisha, she provok
Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart...
Also known as: “The Conversion of Saul”, “The Conversion on the Way to Damascus” Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working...
(Germany), he was restored to health and went on to compose theFuneral Anthem for Queen Caroline(1737) and two of his most celebrated oratorios,SaulandIsrael in Egypt, both of which were performed in 1739. He also wrote theTwelve Grand Concertos, Op. 6, and helped establish the Fund ...
In certain ancient Israelite prophetic groups, music was used to achieve the ecstatic state, in which the participants, in their accompanying dancing, were believed to have been seized by the hand of Yahweh, the God of Israel, as in the case of Saul, the 11th-century-bce king of Israel....