Out of all the evil women in the Bible,there is one that stands out above others, she is no other than Jezebel her name goes head to head with evil,her negative influence on Israel is unlike any other female in the Bible Her name is synonymous with everything bad and evil.
• She was daughter of the Phoenician King Ethbaal, a priest of Baal
• She Married King Ahab of Israel and
immediately led the nation into idolatry (Baal / Asherah)
• King Ahab has 2 temples built…one for each god and 850 prophets instituted.
• Jezebel influences King Ahab to such an extent were the Bible records Ahab as the worst
King in Israel’s history.
• He provoked God more than any other!
• Systematically kills the prophets of the Lord / tried to eradicate the worship of God
• She threatened to kill the prophet Elijah after Mt. Carmel
• killed Naboth to steal his vineyard so Ahab could have it.
• In the end, she was thrown out her upper story window / trampled by horses/ eaten by
dogs in her death, and only her hands, feet and skull were left.
• Jezebel is one of the most feared and despised women in the bible. Her story begins and end from the scriptures I Kings 16 through II Kings 9, a duration of fourth years.
Moral Lessons From The Story Of Jezebel!
- Be Selective With Your Partnerships. They Can Turn You Away From God’s Path
I Kings 16:29-33
“29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years.
30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.
31 He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.
32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.
33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him"
Who we decide to choose as partners has tremendous influence upon our lives
I Cor. 15:33
“ Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Sometimes our greatest attacks come from our greatest victories as in the case of Elijah
I Kings 19:1-3
1.Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”
3 Elijah was afraid[a] and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,"
Don't go against God, Jezebel brought idolatry into isreal against God's word, she killed priests and tried to eradicate christainity and replace with Baal and Asherah,giving safe haven to the priests an priestesses of these gods.
Amongst another things her covetousness, which is a sin in the face of God.
Exodus 20:17
" Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s."
In other to covet the land of Naboth and give to her husband she ended up killing him after framing him for blasphemy.
After all her atrocities God promised her a terrible death, and it came to pass.
We should try as much as possible to emulate good biblical characters like Ruth etc.