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2 Kings 9:35
“But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet, and her hands.”
So ended the treacherous and evil life of Jezebel, Ahab’s queen.
She had been the one who gave Elijah such a hard time - as well of course - the whole nation of Israel. She had threatened to kill him more than once and had sent people to do so but God had intervened.
She was the one who had Naboth killed after Ahab had come home sulking because Naboth had refused to sell him his vineyard. She was the one who set up 400 priests of Asherah and 450 priests of Baal - the latter ones were those challenged by Elijah at Mt Carmel and eventually killed by him. She threatened his life there and then, but he ran away to Beersheba and the desert, where God fed him baked bread and water by an angel. Ahab died but Jezebel carried on. Eventually, Elijah also passed from the scene and yet Jezebel remained.
Elijah had already prophesied the terms of both Ahab and Jezebel’s death (1 Kings 21:19-23) but he didn’t live to see it happen, although Elisha did. Jehu was anointed King of Israel with the express purpose of destroying Ahab’s family and to avenge the blood of all the Lord’s prophets killed by Jezebel. Evidently, he was some charioteer, because as the lookouts watched, they said, “The driving is like that of Jehu, son of Nimshi - he drives like a madman” (v 20). He killed Ahab’s sons and rode on in to Jezreel to confront Jezebel.
Jezebel, true to the last, stopped to paint her eyes and arrange her hair before leaning out of the window and shouting, “Have you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master.” Zimri had indeed killed his master, Elah (see 1 Kings 16:9-10). He just looked up to her window and shouted, “Who is on my side?” - at which about 3 eunuchs looked down at him. “Throw her down,” he shouted. They did and her blood splattered against the wall of the city and up the horses’ legs.
Jehu went in and had a meal, after which he told the men to go and bury Jezebel - because she was a king’s daughter. But by the time they arrived, it was too late. The dogs, as prophesied, had already devoured her.
The psalmist once said, “I used to get upset by the wicked people succeeding until I went into the house of the Lord and saw their fate” (my paraphrase - see Psalm 73:17).
Our God is a good God. He is a God of Justice, Righteousness and Mercy.
Remember this: He is the Final Conqueror and sickness, death and evil will be done away with eventually, forever. Hallelujah! Amen.
Leave the time and the circumstances to Him - He always knows best and His timing is always perfect.
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