By interfering with the exclusive worship of the hebrew god, yahweh, by disregarding the rights of the common people, and by defying the great prophets elijah and elisha, she provoked the internecine strife that enfeebled israel for decades. This riveting biography breaks through all our preconceptions about jezebel. Bible verses related to jezebel from the king james version kjv by relevance. Jan 01, 2007 jezebel was the queen married to ahab in ancient israel where the bible tells us a significant amount. Chaste, the daughter of ethbaal, the king of the zidonians, and the wife of ahab, the king of israel 1 kings 16. List of books and articles about jezebel online research. Much of the information is taken from the classic reference books including matthew george easton eastons bible dictionary and ashley s johnson condensed biblical cyclopedia. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window. This had been previously prophesied by elijah 1 kings 21. Her story is told in the bible in the books of 1 and 2 kings. The story of jezebel, the phoenician wife of king ahab of israel, is recounted in several brief passages scattered throughout the books of kings.
King james bible dictionary reference list jezebel. In the centuries since her death, she has acquired numerous references in popular culture, none of them flattering. And he walked in the way of the kings of israel, just as the house of ahab did for ahabs daughter was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of the lord 2 chron. Themisathena already published the full list, but still there are 608. The name jezebel is used for a woman once again in revelation 2. The bible tells us she also had to deal with the pesky prophets elijah and elisha. She was the daughter of ethbaal, king of tyresidon and priest of the cult of baal, a cruel, sensuous and revolting false god whose worship involved sexual degradation and lewdness. Jezebel jezbel, in the first book of kings, phoenician princess who was the wife of king ahab and the mother of ahaziah, jehoram, and athaliah. Ahab and jezebel were part of a horrible line of rulers that started with jeroboam, who was the first king of israel when the kingdom split from judah. Women who are unfaithful, uncaring or rebellious wives, are often called jezebels. However, few people know the story about the women named jezebel. According to the biblical narrative, jezebel, along with her husband, instituted the worship of baal and asherah on a national scale. Youll never read the hebrew bible the same way again.
Here, jezebel is described as a prophetess, a false teacher, an immoral woman and idol worshipper. And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of jeroboam the son of nebat, that he took to wife jezebel the daughter of ethbaal king of the zidonians, and went and served baal, and worshipped him. I will admit that i dont open up my bible to the old testament as much as i do the new testament, so, although im familiar with the story of jezebel, i dont know it well. Discover the bible story verses and meaning of jezebel from the book of.
What is jezebel spirit and how it operates bible knowledge. Both gods would be challenged to set fire to an offering and in a manner predictable of a bible story elijahs offering to god was set ablaze, where the offering to baal proved. Jacquelin thomas crafted a well written story about biblical character jezebel that people can relate to. Jezebel was a wicked, evil, adulterous woman who was fighting against god. Jan, 2018 jezebel, an evil woman, is mentioned 23 times compared to eve who is referenced 19 times. Well send you a new verse every day to download or share. Jezebel promoted the worship of false gods in israel, harassed and killed gods prophets, and arranged for an innocent man to be falsely charged and executed. Ahab made a military alliance with jehoshaphat, the king of judah. The woman mentioned in revelation was most likely not actually named jezebel, but the name was applied to her because of characteristics that she shared with jezebel, the wife of ahab, king.
She came into a struggle with the prophet elijah who challenged her and her deities to a test. She is a phoenician princess who becomes the wife of the israeli king ahab. Jezebel is considered one of the evilest women in all of history. By interfering with the exclusive worship of the hebrew god, yahweh, by disregarding the rights of the common people, and by defying the great prophets elijah and elisha, she provoked the internecine strife. The original jezebel list only has 75 books on it 75 books every woman should read. Jezebel was a phoenician princess, later the wife of king ahab of israel. The bible would have us believe that jezebel forced her religion on people, but the truth is that the region, whose populace was more multinational, was far from united under one god even though the state religion of israel was the worship of a single male deity, the worship of many gods and goddess was common.
To an israelite, and even to a phoenician, it was an awful threat. She was foreign and not a jew, a sin ahab would pay dearly for. Therefore, it is conceivable the jezebel of revelation 2. Scholars generally identify 1 and 2 kings as part of the deuteronomistic history, attributed either to a single author or to a group of authors and editors collectively known as the deuteronomist. In addition to personal experiences with this principality spirit, these books were apart of my study arsenal. Messianic rabbi and religious right activist jonathan cahn has built a career out of publishing books that claim to reveal how current events were foretold thousands of years ago in the bible in the harbinger, he attempted to explain how the 911 terrorist attacks were foretold in the book of isaiah and how the subsequent construction of the freedom tower was. Both she and her father reference baal in their names, indicating devote idol worship.
Jezebel primary search results are listed below along with dictionary aides, faqs, and lexiconc. Britishborn, lived for a long time in the middle east, now live in the. In hazletons hands, the real story of the harlot queen is a vivid and magnificent drama with direct relevance to our own time. Im pretty sure you have heard of the name jezebel before, and most people known that the name jezebel derived from the bible.
Jezebel lived during the 9th century bce, and in 1 kings 16. The first weapon in combating her influence, is recognizing it. And for everybodys reference, here is the rundown of the original jezebel. Scholars generally identify 1 and 2 kings as part of the deuteronomistic history, attributed either to a single author or to a group of authors and editors collectively. Jezebel is mentioned in the old testament, and mentioned in the new testament by jesus, many centuries after the death of the woman jezebel and he describes the characteristics of the spiritual system of jezebel, which is the mother of the corrupt versions of feminism, idolatry and all religions and addictions that are contrary to the god of the bible and his truth. Elijahs prophecy of jezebel s doom was fulfilled when jehu triumphed over the house of. Sep 24, 20 the jezebel spirit is described in the bible in a story about a woman, queen jezebel, a daughter of a pagan king who married a king of israel, king ahab. Jul 10, 2012 jezebel is considered one of the evilest women in all of history. Jezebel is a character mentioned in the bible in the book of 1 kings.
Without question, the nastiest, evil, most disgusting, cunning, and seductive spirit in satans hierarchy has to be what many call the jezebel spirit this evil spirit has been responsible for not only tearing down churches, pastors, and different christian ministries, but it has also been responsible for breaking up many marriages, friendships, companies, along with. Jezebel was the daughter of ithobaal i of sidon and the wife of ahab, king of israel, according to the book of kings of the hebrew bible. It is said that jezebel would persecute and slander prophets of god. And of jezebel the lord also said, the dogs shall eat jezebel within the walls of jezreel. Jan 02, 2020 the bible does not mention a jezebel spirit, although it has plenty to say about jezebel herself. Bible verses about jezebel 19 passages king james version. Feb 14, 2020 jezebel was a phoenician princess, later the wife of king ahab of israel. The bible does not mention a jezebel spirit, although it has plenty to say about jezebel herself. Jezebel discussed most often in the books of kings1 12, kings2 6 and revelations 1. Hebrew bible, also called hebrew scriptures, old testament, or tanakh, collection of writings that was first compiled and preserved as the sacred books of the. King ahab, who did more evil in the eyes of the lord.
Elijahs prophecy of jezebels doom was fulfilled when jehu triumphed over the house of ahab. This was the first time that a king of israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen princess. She persecuted and tried to destroy gods prophets, established baal worship throughout israel, and turned people away from the god who had rescued them from slavery in egypt. Black kohl is widely incorporated in bible passages as a symbol of feminine. Because of her actions, the prophet elijah cursed her, saying that dogs would eat her body by. Naboth, a common landowner who lived close to the kings residence, was asked to give his land to king ahab in exchange for. Ahab and jezebel also had a daughter, athaliah, and she married another man named jehoram, the son of jehoshaphat, king of the southern kingdom of judah. With a account you will be able to save items to read and study later. Reference guide to biblical numerology frank turek. Army the verse cited in the question comes from gods message in the book of revelation to the church at thyatira. Can you explain to me what is meant by the passage in revelation 2.
She encouraged worship of baal, including the worship of asherah and persecuted the prophets of her day. Id like to know what that means to us in the church today because many teachers say the spirit of jezebel is infecting the modern church. According to the biblical book of kings, elijah gave a prophecy. Jezebel brings the worship of baal, a phoenician god, to israel, angering jewish prophets, and is eventually executed. Yet the book of kings offers no hint of sexual impropriety on queen jezebels part. Discover the bible story verses and meaning of jezebel from the book of kings. Bible study tools bible questions and answers who is jezebel in revelation 2 verse 20. In the centuries since her death, she has acquired numerous references. Tim maas retired quality assurance specialist with the u. We hope that this jezebel article from our women of the bible study section will provide useful information and ideas for those following a bible study plan. The first mission jezebel has is to wipe out israels worship of the one, true. In addition, she violently purged the prophets of yahweh from israel, damaging the reputation of the omride dynasty. Ahab, husband of jezebel, spent a good part of his reign fighting on the battlefield for information about ahab and his father the legendary omri, see bible top ten warriors.
Jezebel is mentioned again by name as a spirit in the new testament. Themisathena does not and never will own a kindle wrote. Jezebel was the wife of king ahab who ruled the kingdom of israel. According to the biblical narrative, jezebel, along with her husband, instituted the worship of baal and asherah on a.
The story of naboth is perhaps the bestknown story of jezebels life. Whether the person was a real person or a metaphorical reference, the message is clear. Since ive read this book, i plan to take time to read about this queen of ancient israel in 1 and 2 kings. Jezebel appears in the bible in 1 kings, first in chapter 16, verse 31, stated as daughter of ethbaal, king of the sidonians instead of phoenicians.
Jezebel spirit books for delivearnce royal girlz ministry. All scripture quoted is from the living bible, king james and new king james. The untold story of the bibles harlot queen reprint by hazleton, lesley isbn. As a foreigner with foreign forms of worship, king.
Let us thank lesley hazleton for bringing the logic of dramacharacter, motivation, plotto the bible stories of saints and sinners. The principality of jezebel in last day events the jezebel spirit, mentioned in the book of revelations, is a principal spirit in the last day church. The sketchy saga of jezebel as we know it, filled with historical inconsistency, linguistic inaccuracy, and moral nonsense, swells with detail as hazleton frames jezebel s life and death in the religious and economic politics of her time. She married northern israels king ahab, and the couple was established in the northern capital of samaria. Today id like to share a bit about the infamous jezebel in the bible and what we can learn from her example. Jezebel, identified in the old testament as the wife of king ahab.
Queen jezebel was the daughter of ethbaal, king of sidon, and the wife of ahab, king of israel. Link panels synchronize references go to table of contents single column stretch across both columns. What jezebel in the bible can teach us about influence. The author has done her research and her knowledge of hebrew pays off as she explains mistranslations and other mistakes that contributed to jezebel s tarnished reputation in the bible. Mary elizabeth baxter jezebel 1 kings 16, 19 and 21.
Jezebel was the daughter of ithobaal i of sidon and the wife of ahab, king of. The jezebel spirit is described in the bible in a story about a woman, queen jezebel, a daughter of a pagan king who married a king of israel, king ahab. Bible verses about jezebel 19 passages king james version kjv. Dec, 2018 jezebel was the wife of king ahab who ruled the kingdom of israel. Jezebel mentioned in 3 books and occurs 19 times in the bible.
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