Episode 150 - Jezebel: Israel’s Infamous Queen
Episode Summary
Her story begins in 1 Kings 16 and her inglorious execution happens in 2 Kings 9. She became an Israelite queen by virtue of her marriage to Ahab, King of Israel. He was notoriously evil from an Israelite perspective. Jezebel added to the problem by being such a zealous promoter of Canaanite deities. She was more capable of exercising power than her husband. In 1 Kings 21 we encounter a story when she saw to it that King Ahab could possess a vineyard that he wanted especially badly. Though the owner of the vineyard, Naboth, was not interesting in selling, King Ahab was disappointed but at least did not try to press the issue. Jezebel had no such qualms. After insulting her husband for not knowing how to press his advantage as a king, she took matters into her own hands. She had trumped up charges leveled at Naboth, who was summarily executed. In the end, however, both Queen Jezebel and King Ahab got their just deserts and, to boot, suffered the ignominy of their corpses being desecrated by dogs.
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