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Queen Jezebel is a major antagonist in the Bible, serving as the main antagonist of the First Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible (also known as the Old Testament). She also serves as the overarching antagonist of the Second Book of Kings. Due to the unique nature of her crimes and alleged promiscuity, she is considered to be one of the most infamous villains in the Bible.
She is voiced by Jillian Crane in Animated Stories from the Bible.
Biography[]
In the book of 1st and 2nd Kings she is the wife of the wicked King Ahab who was king of Israel. She is the archenemy of the prophet Elijah and has been known for several clashes with him.
She has many of God's prophets killed and tried to kill Elijah when he slew her prophets of Baal. As a result of Ahab's disobedience and Jezebel's wickedness, God prophesies through Elijah that a drought would plague the land of Israel for three years.
When the three years pass, Elijah challenges Ahab and the prophets of Jezebel to a test that would determine who the one true god is. The prophets are told to call upon their god Baal to send fire from heaven to accept a sacrifice. Elijah would do the same. When the false prophets prophesy all day and fail to fulfill the task, Elijah prays for fire, and God accepts his sacrifice. When the people of Israel see that God was the one true God, they kill the prophets of Baal. Shortly after this, Elijah also prays for God to open the heavens and send rain.
When Jezebel hears that her prophets were dead, she flies into a fury and threatens to kill Elijah in retaliation. However, Elijah escapes to Mount Horeb, where God instructs him to anoint Elisha as his successor and Jehu as the new king.
She also indirectly murders Naboth, a man who owned a vine yard because her husband desired it. So she has him stoned after she used two false witnesses to accuse him of blasphemy. Elijah then tells Ahab that God will punish him and the Phoencian princess.
The death of Jezebel, by artist Gustav Dore.
Ahab is later slain in battle and Jehu heads towards Jezebel, now anointed by Elisha as the new king. In an attempt to save her life, she paints her eyes and waits at the window, mocking Jehu for his rebellion. Jehu then orders his men to toss her out of the window. As she falls, her blood spatters on the wall and she is then trampled underfoot by horses. She dies and the dogs eat her remains, leaving behind only her skull, feet and the palms of her hands, fulfilling an earlier prophecy of Elijah that no one would be able to recognize her remains.
Personality[]
Queen Jezebel was extremely malevolent and tyrannical, seeking to force everyone to respect and worship Baal. She was also seductive and manipulative, willing to do anything to obtain her endgame, even murdering children and prophets of Yahweh for petty reasons like wanting Naboth's vineyard for instance.
Trivia[]
- Her father was Ithobaal I, a former devout priest of Astarte, who assassinated Phelles to acquire the throne. Being exposed to such actions (presumably as a child), this probably explained why Jezebel behaved the way she did in the Bible, according to Menander of Ephesus.
External Links[]
- Jezebel on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Jezebel – Wikipedia
