Biblical Prophets - Bible Study Online

A short while later after Jehu had killed Jehoram the king of Israel and Ahaziah the king of Judah, he headed down to Jezreel to finish off the rest of Ahab's family.

Remember when he was on his way to Jezreel to kill Jehoram, the Israel king had rode out to meet his commander:

"'Hitch up my chariot,' Joram ordered. And when it was hitched up, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah rode out, each in his own chariot to meet Jehu. They meet him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite" (2 Kings 9:21)

In the mean time, down in Jezreel the Scriptures confirm that Jezebel had heard the news about her son's death, which was Jehoram; and the death of her grandson, who was Ahaziah. So she painted her face and arranged her hair in anticipation of Jehu's arrival.

"Have you come in peace Zimri, you murderer of your master?" Jezebel would call out to Jehu as he entered through the city gates. "Who is on my side? Who?" Jehu shouted back at her.

"Throw her down!" Jehu ordered the two or three eunuchs that were looking down at him from the wall. So the eunuchs obeyed Jehu and grabbed the wicked queen mother Jezebel and threw her off the wall.

As her body hit the ground, blood spattered on the wall and on some nearby horses. The sudden impact of her body hitting the ground spooked and startled the horses causing them to start trampling her body underfoot. So the two or three eunuchs left the bloody body of Jezebel at the bottom of the palace wall.

After this had happen, Jehu went inside the palace and had himself a meal with something to drink. While he was eating his meal, he gave this order: "Go and take care of that cursed woman and bury her, after all she was a king's daughter." .

But much to their surprise when they went outside to go and retrieve the body of Jezebel, they would find nothing but her skull, her feet and hands. The rest of her body had been devoured by some stray wild dogs that were roaming the streets of Jezreel.

So they went back and told Jehu the new Israel king what had happen to Jezebel's body. After hearing this report, Jehu responded by saying:

"This is the Word of the Lord that He spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: 'On the plot of ground at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel's flesh. Jezebel's body will be like trash on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one would be able to say that -- 'This is Jezebel.'"

So finally the chapter comes to a close on the life of Jezebel with her reaping from the bad harvest that she had planted during her reign as queen:

1. Introducing Baalism to the Israelites -- She Reaped!
2. Influencing wickedness on her husband, king Ahab -- She Reaped!
3. Murdering the Lord's prophets because of the three-and-a-half year drought that God had subject the city of Samaria too -- She Reaped!
4. Vowing to kill Elijah in spite of him being God's servant -- She Reaped!
5. Planned the murder of Naboth over his vineyard -- She Reaped
6. Influencing wickedness on her sons Ahaziah & Jehoram -- She Reaped!
7. Influencing wickedness on her daughter Athaliah -- She Reaped!

Elijah the Fire Prophet

Elisha the Apprentice

Elisha the Master Prophet

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13) Elijah and the Chariot of Fire

14) Elisha the Master Prophet

15) Elisha - She Bears Attacking

16) King Mesha's Rebellion

17) The Blood Water

18) The Widow's Oil Treasure

19) Shunammite's Son Raised From The Dead

20) Elisha and the Pot of Death

21) The Leprosy of Naaman

22) The Floating Iron Axhead

23) The Fire Horse Army

24) The Siege of the Dark Famine

25) The Four Starving Lepers

26) The Shunammite's Divine Provision

27) Hazael Anointed Syrian King

28) Family Dynasties United

29) Jehu Is Anointed King of Israel

30) The Demise of Jehoram & Ahaziah

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32) The Royal Seventy