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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Kings 9:30–37, “And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter. And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.”
Jezebel, like all many women in that era, lived in the Zenana (harem). The women were kept in a gilded cage but were stuck there for life. They were served by waiting women and men who had been castrated, called eunuchs. This was to make sure that the wives were, cared for, protected but not molested. Jezebel, who was the queen mother at that stage, heard about the coup and looked out of the Zenana window and called out to Jehu. She reminded him of Zimri, who had murdered Elah, the king, and then been king for a very short time before he was defeated by Omri. She spoke with scorn and hatred. However, Jehu looked up and asked if there was anyone on his side in the house. Some of the eunuchs threw Jezebel out of the window and she landed on the ground in front of the horses. The were war horses and trampled her. Thus she received justice for murdering Naboth. Jehu and his men went into the palace and celebrated with a few drinks. After a while they decided that they should bury Jezebel as she was a princess, her father was a king. When the burial party came to pick up her body they found that the dogs had consumed almost all of the body, so much so that there was not enough left to bury her and leave a memorial, just as Elijah had foretold.
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