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But when Elijah confronts Ahab, the prophet predicts instead how the queen will die: The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the field of Jezreel (1 Kings 21:23).c Poetic justice, as the Deuteronomist sees it, demands that Jezebel end up as dog food. 10 things the Bible says about our speech Clearly, this is tainted by a feminist agenda/perspective rather than objective study. But from a moral standpoint most of them are simply useless or even embarrassingespecially if you think God could have used the space to say don't have sex with anyone who doesn't want you to, or wash your hands after you go to the bathroom. !all the old ways were Abolished..Jezebel can truly be seen as a child and woman of her upbringingthe Human race..is and has always been Cruel..Jesus died for our sinshis own people crucified himJesus was a SacrificeA Child Of Our God..the only way the Truth will be revealedis when We die Ouselves..Jezebel truly loved her manand her beliefs were true to her Own Heartthe bible says..no man shall take away the beliefs of what feels true in their heartTruethere is One true Godbut how was she to know? The threat of Jezebel is so great that later in the same chapter, the mythic prophet Elijah summons the acolytes of Jezebel to a tournament on Mt. And no matter what you feel about it, I have to say that Janet Howe Gaines makes a good case for that Jezebel, while not being an innocent angel, could be a greatly misunderstood figure. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, TheLordwill afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head. 32-37), Marjo Korpel writes in Jezebels Royal Seal, that out of thousands of seals found with Hebrew inscriptions, only 35 belong to women. Evil People In The Bible And no faith can be superior or inferior to another. The yuck factor is probably wired into humanity at the level of instinct, a way to avoid contamination and pathogens. John 1:1 KJV. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Lord, are God; for You have turned their hearts backward (1 Kings 18:3637). My counsel that shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. Yes she is human, but she chose, by her own free will, to live a life based on her allegiance to the Kingdom of Darkness and not the Kingdom of God. This is a tactic that, unfortunately, is overused today regardless of subject matter. Jezebel like so many other females could very well be fine women who remembered the power of females and stood there ground as a child of the CREATOR. I have some bad news for my brothern Catholics who honor Elijah Al Nabi Prophet with his sword dripping blood in many of the Levant Churches! She imparted suffering. The summary is so far out of line with the story: Jezebel is not and admirable person! Rather than letting Jezebel remain an unexamined evil fixture in the landscape of the OT, were invited to look into her history, context, and possible motivations. Let past societies be what they are. But in all this we thank God who grants the victory he did it then and he will do it again.. thanks. She has contempt for Jehu. she made a vow to kill Elijah and It may seem like Jehu did her in under the hand of God, but the truth is in vowing to kill Elijah, a true prophet of the true God, she sealed her own fateShe was living in the nation rich with history of a living true God that PROVED himself, by parting seas and making walls of Jericho fall miracuously, He delivered an enslaved people from Egypt with signs and wonders that the entire world in their time heard about even without internet and television, or radio, and He delivered them commandments to serve ONLY him yet she brought her beliefs her god and her prophets there to live and flaunt them against Yahweh & his people and the truth of their history. The little babies were sacrificed and that is what your red eggs stand for at easter. Yea how convenient to omit that from your devils propaganda book liberal witch. Get a roundup of new Word by Word articles in your inbox each Friday. Imagine if he didnt, what would the world look like now? Four paleo-Hebrew letterstwo just below the winged sun disk at center, two at bottom left and rightspell out the name YZBL, or Jezebel, on this seal. It is amusing how the current age believes that mankind is truly enlightened, to the point of thinking todays cultural values have any benefit when interpreting ancient text. Incredible! I was very misled to think under the name of this website that this would have been a biblical point of view I had to literally stop reading this article as it became very apparent that you are a Jezebel sympathizer, first making a case to think that maybe she just wanted to be loyal to her religion or possibly make all religions tolerated, seriously sounds just as bad as supporting Hitler and his evil massacre Jezebel was evil, she started plotting and scheming to murder all Yahweh prophets to ensure her husbands authority and power (if she got away w/it prob would then massacre Israelites next)she moved to an area and married a man that worshiped God, she could have either converted or continued quietly to worship Baal (it in itself an evil firm of religion) but she had no intention to keep peace among the new land that she now lived in, she was pure evil and God will punish sin and wipe out who ever he deems evil he is God all powerful all present. And I hold the keys of death and Hades (Revelation 1:18). Take note: I will throw her on a bed [of anguish], and those who commit adultery with her [her paramours] I will bring down to pressing distress and severe affliction, unless they turn away their minds from conduct [such as] hers and repent of their doings. Naboth is fully within his rights to hold onto his family plot. This ancient queen has been denounced as a murderer, prostitute and enemy of God, and her name has been adopted for lingerie lines and World War II missiles alike. I thought it was an interesting idea to look at her in such a way. Janet Howe Gaines completely overlooks and dismisses the fact that Jezebel is NOT the queen of Phoenicia (todays Lebanon), the land of her father, from whence she came, but has instead married the King of another nation, a kingdom with a different culture, a different religion, a different allegiance and a theist system. Jezebels deities and the huge number of prophets loyal to her are powerless against the omnipotent Yahweh, who is proven by the tournament to be ruler of all the forces of nature. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. just present science as best you can. What?!?! She has not absorbed the Bible with clarity and understanding. As I read this article I gleaned that the authors view of the Israelites is that they are the true criminals in the narrative as she writes: the Torah shows the Israelites to be an ethnocentric, xenophobic people. I find this amusing because in the Torah there are more injunctions about not oppressing foreigners than there are for keeping the Sabbath. And in his first epistle, John says the children of the devil are evident based on their sinful behavior and their lack of love for their brothers and sisters (1 John 3:10). people who want to persist in ignorance so they can live by their own terms instead of Gods will see God as unfair and even evil. In the Phoenician language, Jezebels name may have meant Where is the Prince? which was the cry of Baals subjects. Darned autocorrect! Lets find a Bible commentary where the author loves the Word of God. That, or she might have punished them because they were attacking Baals prophets. Jezebel herself is absent during this all-male event. i wish i got such revelations, id be happy. Shown here, Elijah and his followers have easily conjured up a blazing fire, which engulfs their white bull. It appears that, to you, a Christian expressing their thoughts, views and opinions on the article is forcing Christianity upon everybody else, whilst you feel like you have the ultimate obligation to police everyones comments here and tell them whether their opinions are right or wrong; it seems you are the one trying to force your beliefs and opinions on everybody else here by militantly addressing and attacking every view that is contrary to yours. Its not about gender, its about character. I bless you and your journey with Holy Spirit as you grow to walk in supernatural revelation and discernment into the things of the Spiritual world. No college professor, no church of any level and no Saint of Any Righteousness can teach or regard themselves as the teacher. 10The dogs shall eat Jezebel on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.. When Jacob went to stay with his uncle Laban, he met one of his daughters, Rachel, and loved her. could he not have fallen on his hands and knees and begged God NOT to kill the firstborn, and rushed out and tell his nation to let Israel go immediately? And there has never been a king like him since. So they would condemn each other without mercy, when they could just have let each other be. And no matter what, the men are mostly still in charge of the family and the nation at large. The Bible clear states that the faith of Jesus Christ, which has been given to the Christians superior and the others inferior. Jezebel usurped Ahabs authority by eradicating his kingdom of Yahwehs Prophets, so he wouldnt receive Divine Instruction, in putting her away. Even as the story goes, Elijahs prophecy against Jezebel is brought to pass, and she is eaten by dogs. A fitting end for a murderous pagan woman. Being []. 8 Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring it again to mind O you transgressors. She was wise & brazen enough to make a deal with them to spare her and her family! They even gash themselves with knives and whoop it up in a heightened emotional state, hoping to incite Baal to unleash a great fire. But when you consider that Elijah had five hundred men killed in one single day, just because they worshipped the wrong god, it is hard for me to see him as the flawless hero, who had the moral advantage over Jezebel. But even so, the problem with Jezebel is not only that shes a woman during this time period. That sounds like a rather arrogant comment from someone who is judging others of being close-minded. Then why do you condemn Jezebel for (possibly) feeling the same way? 2 Samuel 13:11-14 But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister. She answered him, No, my brother, do not Because Paul particularly does not want Satan to outwit them (2 Corinthians 2:11). being too quick to label women as being Jezebels (witches) for any and every reason. What is the point of postulating motive onto an author, especially when you do not know that much about the author? A second option, which is also a valid approach, is to publish anything that is at least half-scholarly and let the public decide. She was after all an ambitious woman from a different culture, whio refused to convert to Judaism. 13 Things The Bible Forbids The Six Most Evil Presidents in Any true hearted seeker of biblical truth who studies the bible will see that. Elijah challenges them: Now summon all Israel to join me at Mount Carmel, together with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebels table (1 Kings 18:19). "Get out of here, baldy!" To attain a more positive assessment of Jezebels troubled reign and a deeper understanding of her role, we must evaluate the motives of the Biblical authors who condemn the queen. We love and care for people, but we are not having out mouths stopped and silenced by the childishness and rebellion of people who want to manipulate us with victim cards and want to regulate our speech and our messagejust as Jezebel tried to do in ancient times. Not that the secular sin of murder and theft would be OK with Baal, of course, but it is the kind of thing royal autocrats might do. According to this midrash, when the prophets of Baal realized they would fail, a man named Hiel agreed to hide within the altar to ignite the heifer from below. But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves. Though she may have been completely faithful to Ahab physically speaking, she, by her Baal worship, was a harlot in Gods eyes and she led Ahab and many others astray in the same manner. In fact, they acknowledge that. Which brings me back to Jezebel. Dear JJ Jezebel grew up in a culture, where there was nothing wrong with a queen doing what she did. One of the main purposes of the entire Deuteronomistic History, which includes the seven books from Deuteronomy through 2 Kings, is to explain Israels fate in terms of its apostasy. It is not Frodo Baggins on his way to Mordor. There are evil and bad men throughout scripture there can be evil and bad women throughout the same. this is supposed to be a archeological web site. The fact remains as Alice said this persona is a ubiquitous evil spirit thats alive & well today. Jezebel dies in the end from being thrown out of a window, trampled by horses, and eaten by dogs. Either way, it is clear that the victors indeed are the ones to write history. Weird insults and curses. And in the book of Revelation, Christ proclaims, I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! This was part of the logic of attributing the term saan to him as a proper personal name. We looked at Satans attempts to tempt Jesus earlier in this list. Gender has little to do with it. Forcing yourself to feel indiscriminate love is very unnatural. It seems that is what Jezebel was working on. And in the end, having lived her life on her own terms, Jezebel faces certain death with dignity.. Dear Dinger If you read my previous comments, you will see that I have already discussed Jezebels problem with adjusting to the Israelite culture. Learn fm their mistakes and fm their successes. Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Those who start out as Gods anointed or believers and then fall away or reject God, are a cautionary tale(ex. Hopefully someone wil read this and it will be helpfull to them. But in the passages that do seem to touch on the devils fall from grace, pride is a predominant theme. Without Ahabs direct knowledge, Jezebel writes letters to her townsmen, enlisting them in an elaborate ruse to frame the innocent Naboth. Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Have your own story about name-calling? Ahab taught Jezebel nothing about how things worked in Israel, and he also let her do what she pleased. I was reading your information and Ive had dealings with this spirit in so many ways. Even in more recent history hundreds of germans supporter Hitler. [] Biblical Archaeology: Theology gone wrong: How Bad Was Jezebel? Carmel, King Ahab returns home to give his queen the news that Baal is defeated, Yahweh is the undisputed master of the universe and Jezebels prophets are dead. Its safe and important to say to any Christian (or other reader) reading this article or the other materials on this website, that this website and organisation are not necessarily a Christian website or organisation that represent Christian views or speak for Christians, regardless of the word Biblical attached to their organisations name; they are simply what the title of their organisation and website communicatea Biblical Archaelogy Society. All we have to do is look at the book of Revelations in the Holy Bible. 4. Not everything is accurate in historical texts but rather most requires reading between the lines. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High (14:1314). Top 10 Truly Horrifying Biblical Entities. Please read Hebrew chapter 5:12-14. Ill be looking for more of your work. Thanks Janet for giving us more insight on the character of Jezebel becouse yes she died then but her spiritial sons and doughters live up to today and they are the Enamies of the God of isreal and the cross of christ,so where as u balanced it we have seen the deception that she carries and she must be stoped if christianity is to survive. It seems that one has to fool themselves to believe that Jezebel was some kind of champion for civil liberties. Isaiah 3:16, Jeremiah 4:30, Ezekiel 23:40 and Proverbs 6:2426 provide examples of women who bat their painted eyes to lure innocent men into adulterous beds. There is nothing in scripture that supports the idea that the contest between baal and Yahweh was an all male event. King Joram and General Jehu meet on the battlefield. Her grooming continues as she dresses her hair, symbol of a womans seductive power. In the Bible, Satan is described as a roaring lion who prowls the earth, seeking whom he may devour. We must step back and re-read these ancient and sometime mythological stories of females. Apparently perturbed by her husbands political impotence and sulking demeanor, Jezebel steps in, proudly asserting: Now is the time to show yourself king over Israel. But there was a catch: Jesus would have to bow down and worship the devil. It seems as if the writer of this article is trying to excuse Jezebel by offering up speculation and supposition that just doesnt make much sense. Science as an art does not seek to prove anything as true. WebWho Was Jezebel? You will build a house, but you will not live in it. God says that you can know that He is God because He will tell you whats going to happen in the future so that when it happens, you will know that He is God because he will make it happen. Thus said the Lord: In the very place where the dogs lapped up Naboths blood, the dogs will lap up your blood too (1 Kings 21:1719). So she would never understand that enforcing her Phoenician culture on Israel was the wrong way to go, because nobody but her husband the king had any right to tell her to stop. The Bible records some troubling instances of oppression of the weak by the strong. In fact the Jezebel spirit being spirits of witchcraft, and witchcraft being about control, men can be just as or more controlling than women and certainly can be witches (wizards) so that the Jezebel spirit can easily work through men, having nothing to do with being dressed up with jewellery and make-up and so on. There is a quite a bit of it in the history of Nazi Germany and I doubt that political intrigue of that variety first came into existence in the 20th century. There were some fascinating historical and cultural contexts which I really appreciated.. They both have shades of gray, which have mostly been ignored for the last 2500 years. She can be recognized with some bellicose traits that lead her to destruction. And he said, What comes out of a person is what defiles him. There has been some welcome criticism in later years, where it has been shown that the victors were hardly any better than the Nazis: The US treated any Asian-American as a dangerous criminal, not to mention the dropping of nuclear bombs on two Japanese cities. God says He is looking for a people who will say to all, Babylon is fallen. Rise and eat something, and be cheerful; I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you (1 Kings 21:7). Her behavior to prepare herself for Jehus arrival gives some proof that she was sudductive, especially having a weak husband. The failure of such a large proportion of those commenting here to recognize that our language has a certain, albeit quite flexible, formal structure, leaves me with serious qualms about the intellectual powers of the majority of the population (both global and national). 1. When Jezebels name is mentioned again, the Bible writer makes his most alarming accusation against her. (Psalm 37:8, Ephesians 4:31, Proverbs 29:8)The best thing you can do is to stay away from anger in the first place. An excellent article and well worth reading. Israels most accursed queen carefully fixes a pink rose in her red locks in John Byam Liston Shaws Jezebel from 1896. 1 Timothy 6:10 actually says that the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.. God doesnt want you swimming around in gold coins in a We are not told whether Ethbaal consults his daughter, if she departs Phoenicia with trepidation or enthusiasm, or what she expects from her role as ruler. Ok- Proverbs tells us not to argue with fools- so lets abandon this heathen site He created her, she caused havoc, so her and her followers destruction was/is just. Lovely article! From the law of God that would have protected her as innocent, for one thing, had her father king david responded properly; his recent moral failure with Bathsheba likely robbed him of the moral authority to confront the sin of his son. -Ahab and Bill Clinton Indo Europeans from groups like the alt right would use this to make a cause against not her but all such non indo europeans. Because one had the wrong faith, and the other had the right one. So I cant really condemn a person from the 9th century BC, who was never even allowed to give us her side of the story. Or you just thought Ahab got off lightly? The majority of comments on this article are vastly disappointing and rather sickening. But I guess that thinking outside 2000 years of Judeo-Christian tradition is too much for some people. They would have just kept fighting to the last drop either way. There is nothing but Truth in The Bible. Perhaps what incites me to write this, more than the obvious misinterpretations of the article and blatant misunderstandings of what has been written (the both of which point to an incredibly unnerving conclusion about the state of education amongst the readers of articles such as these), is the unutterable incompetence of those who have chosen to write here. The messaging behind Jesus answer is clear: Yahweh will take the nations back by his own means in his own time. I stopped reading when it became obvious that the writer was sympathizing with Jezebel, she was mentioned in the bible to have killed Gods people with her false prophets, that made her a murderer. Modern women will come up with any twisted convoluted excuses they can to justify or excuse their indefensible wicked behavior, or to avoid any responsibility or accountability for it. This is a history website not an opinion forum. The end result? Thats your opinion. I read there never was anyone like Ahab, who committed himself to doing what was displeasing to the Lord, at the instigation of his wife Jezebel and it is pretty clear that Ahab was a fool, and an evil man and responsible for his own sins, and that Jezebel was a major influence but not responsible for Ahabs works. It doesnt make sense. Why Does God Allow the Strong to Oppress the Weak? Her father is Ethbaal of Tyre, king of the Phoenicians, a group of Semites whose ancestors were Canaanites. Jesus stood and spoke against the wickedness and corruption of power-wielding individuals and institutions, as well as members of the general communities. And who suffered? And that included watching her bring her phoenician culture, with its religion and its laws, to his country. Denigration of handicapped people. -Israel (during the time of Ahab) and America Where Is Jezebel In The Bible - Idanoc publishing, Dual Reports: Jezebel Frustrated Because It Cant Defeat Trump! Its not that whores deserve to die, its that pride comes before a fall. So no, there is no case for saying Jezebel was hard done by, none at all. The word of God is not something you can pick up and interpret anyway you want. not a forum to discuss womens issues. That youve naively and stubbornly refused to accept facts and read the Bible and the stories that are the subject matter for yourself, which is very clear from your comments, doesnt mean the rest of us have to. Even if other people told her that they had seen that Jahve had beaten Baal, she was right to be suspicious. I believe that one would not. From reading all of your comments on this thread, it seems you think you hold higher moral views than YHWH (God), Elijah, Elisha and all the Biblically literate Christians on this post who have sound and very reasonable contributions. To learn more about Biblical women with slighted traditions, take a look at the Bible History Daily feature Scandalous Women in the Bible, which includes articles on Mary Magdalene and Lilith. So there would be no one left to tell her side of the story. When his wife finds out what those laws actually are, she gives him the middle finger by sitting on every chair in the house. To practice killing.willing killing, (because God never desired us to kill) is disobedience to His will and His say. I pray that someday you will be. People have asked the question for centuries; How do we know that God is God? I give you the same answer He gave to Isaiah. I was very misled to think under the name of this website that this would have been a biblical point of view I had to literally stop reading this article as it became very apparent that you are a Jezebel sympathizer, first making a case to think that maybe she just wanted to be loyal to her religion or possibly make all religions tolerated, seriously sounds just as bad as supporting Hitler and his evil massacre Jezebel was evil, she started plotting and scheming to murder all Yahweh prophets to ensure her husbands authority and power (if she got away w/it prob would then massacre Israelites next)she moved to an area and married a man that worshiped God, she could have either converted or continued quietly to worship Baal like normal, sane non-murderous people do no she had no intention to keep peace , among the new land that had she now calls home, she was pure evil and God will punish sin and wipe out who ever he deems evil he is God all powerful all present. Maybe she wasnt so bad after all. The authors attempts to dress up the strengths of Jezebel in equalising and justifying her slaughter of the Israeli prophets as no different from Elijahs slaughter of her idolatrous Baal followers, is typical of the modern-day ephemeral and shallow understanding of the timeless moral principles of integrity, fealty, fidelity and loyalty. So Elijah is turned into a murderer because he is following Israelite Law which expressly prohibits polytheism, warrants the death penalty and is therefore considered treason against the state. its funny how pissed off the men are by this analysis. This according to the word of God as recorded in the scriptures, [] know. According to the Deuteronomist, however, Jezebels desire is not merely confined to achieving ethnic or religious parity. WebMatthew 15:1920 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Or alternately, they were filled with the same awe-struck admiration for ruthless power as the author: a person to be feared rather than challenged. He doesnt sugarcoat it, either: He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. Another feminist infiltrating the young impressionable minds of Christian women. Jezebel is donning the female version of armor as she prepares to do battle. Black kohl is widely incorporated in Bible passages as a symbol of feminine deception and trickery, and its use to paint the area above and below the eyelids is generally considered part of a womans arsenal of artifice. According to the first-century C.E. But the Phoenicians, and Jezebel, theyre just telling the truth because well we all know how the Bible guys are. Paul tells the Ephesian church to put on the full armor of God, so that they can stand firm against his schemes. Top 10 Truly Horrifying Biblical Entities The Monty Python crew may have coined some of the best insults of the last 100 years:Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.