A Phoenician princess who became queen of Israel through marriage to King Ahab and aggressively promoted Baal worship throughout the land. Jezebel murdered the Lord’s prophets, threatened Elijah’s life, and engineered the judicial murder of Naboth to seize his vineyard. Her name became synonymous with wickedness, manipulation, and false religion. She met a gruesome end when she was thrown from a window and devoured by dogs, exactly as Elijah had prophesied.
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.1 Kings 16:31 · Berean Standard Bible
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
Conspiracies, assassinations, and a new dynasty in Israel every generation. And then Ahab takes the throne — the worst is yet to come.
for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
One prophet. 450 false ones. A mountaintop. And a God who answers with fire.
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
After the greatest victory of his life, Elijah runs and hides. God meets him not in the wind or earthquake but in a quiet whisper.
Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?” Ahab answered, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and told him, ‘Give me your vineyard for silver, or if you wish, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ And he replied, ‘I will not give you my vineyard!’” But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth…
Ahab pouts. Jezebel plots. An innocent man dies for his land. Elijah delivers the verdict: where dogs licked Naboth's blood, they'll lick yours.
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a…
Anointed king in secret, Jehu drives his chariot at full speed. Jezebel paints her face and waits. The reckoning comes through the window.
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