Later, when he commanded that she be properly buried as a king’s daughter, it was discovered that dogs had eaten most of her body. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! 1 Timothy 2:9,10 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; …. Jehu ordered her eunuchs to throw her out the window. In the authority of the living Christ! Ahaziah, nonetheless, managed to flee to Megiddo, where he died. The problem is that the use of jewelry and makeup and the washing were being done "for them"—that is, with the intent of seduction. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”(D) 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands. Steve Shultz, Founder and Publisher And she painted her face.--Rather, and she set her eyes in paint--i.e., according to the still common practice of Oriental ladies, she painted her eyebrows and lashes with a pigment composed of antimony and zinc (the Arabic kohl). Do I have to say anything? Who was this manipulating and working through the dark, psychic side of Herodias? Looking down from her window, she taunted him, and Jehu ordered her eunuchs to throw her out the window. With so much negative news in the media and angry voices rising daily, this is a great reminder of the war we are in and how we can pray. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these? He was called by God to bring judgement on the house of Ahab. Now Jehu had posted eighty men outside with this warning: “If one of you lets any of the men I am placing in your hands escape, it will be your life for his life.”(AD). 34 As for the other events of Jehu’s reign, all he did, and all his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals(AT) of the kings of Israel? Like Elijah, John proclaimed the need for repentance. After this defenestration Jezebel's corpse was crushed under Jehu's horse. (See Skea?s Etym. Jehu is the man with the scepter. And he looked up at the window and said, 'Who is on my side? There is a war, a very ancient war, between the spirit of Elijah and the spirit of Jezebel. Go fetch. Do you not hear her brazen voice rejecting God's authority? But Jehu did not fall for it, and Jeremiah and Ezekiel prophesied that Israel and Judah's future enemies would not fall for such conduct either (Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40), though in the latter case the enemies do go ahead and have improper relations with them, taking advantage of their willingness (verse 44). In fact – and this may surprise you – Elijah came under spiritual warfare. No one seems more un-Jehu than Jesus, or vice versa. Looking down from her window, Jezebel taunted Jehu, the general who had overthrown and killed her son. Jehu had a hard calling. Each is the spiritual counterpart of the other. At his instruction, Jezebel’s servants toss her from a window, and Jehu then tramples her to death in the street, leaving her body for the dogs. Jehu was anointed by one of Elisha’s students to become king over the northern kingdom of Israel. Let's pray: Heavenly Father, I submit my heart to You. This is the prophet who had visibly seen the Spirit descend upon Christ; he heard the Father's audible voice announcing His beloved Son; he gazed with awe upon the purity of Israel's Messiah. Jehu is another fascinating person mentioned in Scripture whom Satan tries to get us to overlook. This article was most recently revised and updated by. 7 When the letter arrived, these men took the princes and slaughtered all seventy(M) of them. 30 Then Jehu went to Jezreel. Is Elijah bold? 22 And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them. It is also known as The Fulfillment of the Curse on Ahab. Doubt floods his soul about Christ: "Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?" Immediately after this powerful witness of the Lord, Elijah had the Hebrews secure the prophets of Baal and all of them were put to death. A few years later Ahab perished in battle with the Syrians. A window.--The window, looking down upon the square within the city gate. Is Elijah ruthless toward evil? Even the lower classes in Egypt wore makeup—both men and women. tapestry (363 × 462 cm) — c. 1450 - 1460 But it should be remembered that King Ahaziah of Judah was the grandson of Ahab. It is significant that the eunuchs cast her down. In this war, however, Jezebel had viciously and systematically murdered nearly all of God's servants until it appeared only Elijah remained (see 1 Kings 18:22). 2:20)? 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. Then fight for your master’s house.”, 4 But they were terrified and said, “If two kings could not resist him, how can we?”, 5 So the palace administrator, the city governor, the elders and the guardians sent this message to Jehu: “We are your servants(L) and we will do anything you say. You cast her down from your imagination! While Ahaziah was visiting the injured Joram in Jezreel, where he was recuperating, Jehu and his men pressed furiously toward the city.