<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">RET: Ahab's children were not Jewish since their mother Jezebel was not Jewish<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
and hence certainly not fit to be kings Nevertheless Tanach indicates<br>
they were wicked but not that they were illegitimate kings</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Izevel's daughter, Atalia, married Yehoram ben Yehoshafat, king of Yehuda. Atalia was the mother of Achazia and the grandmother of Yoash, both malkhei Yehuda. My late first husband, R' Moshe Sober z"l, liked to point out that the entire line of Beit David from that point on depends on the giyur of Izevel. So apparently, even though she was wicked and an ovedet avodah zarah, her giyur remained valid.</div><div><br></div><div>- Ilana</div><div><a href="mailto:ilanasober@gmail.com">ilanasober@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div>