to which he had no legal right (I Kings 21). Ahab and Jezebel’s great enemy was the prophet Elijah, who openly opposed them, challenged the priests of Baal and on one celebrated occasion worked ...

Jezebel's nefarious plot succeeds, but the inexorable denouement swiftly follows. Yahweh summons his prophet Elijah and instructs him to tell King Ahab that he will be punished. "Say to him ...

In the Hebrew Bible, the story of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel ... Ahab’s kingdom fell. Jezebel was thrown from a window by her own allies. Elijah’s voice, though mocked and hunted, endured.

Possibly at her prompting, King Ahab went as far as to erect ... reportedly with Elijah’s assistance, while Queen Jezebel was thrown to her death and set upon by dogs (II Kings 9:34; 10:9 ...

Jezebel eviscerates Ahab for moping ... dumps his body in Naboth’s field—once more fulfilling Elijah’s prophecy in 1 Kings 21. Jehu was one of the soldiers who, years earlier, overheard ...

Elijah and other true prophets were in hiding to avoid being killed by King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. In the midst of this turmoil, God called Elijah to risk his life and invite the king and false ...

but also from the wicked King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, the later being a rabid worshiper of the idol Baal and murderer of many prophets of the Lord. A brief timeline Moses led the Israelites for ...

Elijah warned King Ahab of an upcoming drought ... Sadly, even after three years of national suffering, Ahab and Jezebel still clung fiercely to the empty worship of Baal. Elijah then challenged ...

Here Jezebel combines informal wifely concern—"eat something"—with sinister plotting. Elsewhere, 1 Kings offers us the jaunty sarcasm of Elijah, the swaggering insults of Elijah and Ahab ...

Some were heretics and others heroes, but these royal women all took center stage in some of the most important stories in the Old Testament. Bathsheba, Jezebel, Athaliah, and Esther are all ...

Comparing the congressman to a biblical prophet, the former secretary of state said Elijah Cummings “stood against the corrupt leadership of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.” By Liam Stack ...