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-->--''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} 5'' on the city of Sidon (home of Jezebel[[note]]Well, she was technically from Tyre, but the Literature/BooksOfKings call her "Sidonian" as a byword for Phoenician in general.[[/note]] before she married the UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}ite king Ahab)

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-->--''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} 5'' on the city of Sidon (home of Jezebel[[note]]Well, she was technically actually from Tyre, but the Literature/BooksOfKings call her "Sidonian" as a byword for Phoenician in general.[[/note]] before she married the UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}ite king Ahab)
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-->''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} 5'' on the city of Sidon (home of Jezebel[[note]]Well, she was technically from Tyre, but the Literature/BooksOfKings call her "Sidonian" as a byword for Phoenician in general.[[/note]] before she married the UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}ite king Ahab)

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-->''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} -->--''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} 5'' on the city of Sidon (home of Jezebel[[note]]Well, she was technically from Tyre, but the Literature/BooksOfKings call her "Sidonian" as a byword for Phoenician in general.[[/note]] before she married the UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}ite king Ahab)
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-->--'''Literature/JudgeDee''' on [[spoiler:the idea of a sexual relationship between the Third Princess and her (adoptive) father the Emperor]], ''Necklace and Calabash''

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-->--'''Literature/JudgeDee''' on [[spoiler:the idea of a sexual relationship between the Third Princess and her (adoptive) father the Emperor]], ''Necklace and Calabash''Calabash''

->According to Literature/{{the Bible}}, Jezebel was an evil and corrupt ruler, and she encouraged the worship of foreign Phoenician gods in Israel. For these crimes she was killed by her own eunuchs and thrown into the street to be eaten by dogs. There are two great lessons from this story for all rulers: first, don't mess with the people's religion, and second, [[DoesntTrustThoseGuys never trust the royal eunuchs]].
-->''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} 5'' on the city of Sidon (home of Jezebel[[note]]Well, she was technically from Tyre, but the Literature/BooksOfKings call her "Sidonian" as a byword for Phoenician in general.[[/note]] before she married the UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}ite king Ahab)

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->"Why is it that no one trusts the eunuch?"

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->"Why ->Why is it that no one trusts the eunuch?"eunuch?


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->I could well believe that some such sickening scheme might enter the minds of depraved courtiers—particularly the eunuchs, those hybrid creatures with their distorted personalities, the necessary but horribly dangerous source of evil in every palace!
-->--'''Literature/JudgeDee''' on [[spoiler:the idea of a sexual relationship between the Third Princess and her (adoptive) father the Emperor]], ''Necklace and Calabash''
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