Jewish%20thought for Sanhedrin 78:10

סימן קר"א וזכ"ה באדו"ם: כתיב (מלכים א יח, ג) ויקרא אחאב אל עובדיהו אשר על הבית ועובדיה היה ירא ה' מאד מאי קאמר קרא

In the case of Elijah it is written, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXI, 19. ');">¹⁸</span> [With reference to the harlots:] Raba said, they were real [pictures of] harlots. Ahab was frigid by nature [passionless], so Jezebel painted pictures of two harlots on his chariot, that he might look upon them and become heated.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The harlots washed means, therefore, that their pictures were smeared with blood. ');">¹⁹</span>

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