Jezebel Research Paper

The surrounding nations had an influence on the people of Israel and this was not pleasing to God. They wanted a king. They wanted to be like other nations and have a leaded. A king they could see.

Judges 1:21 interprets the Jebusites as continuing to dwell at Jerusalem, within the territory otherwise occupied by the Tribe of Benjamin. The Books of Kings state that once Jerusalem had become an Israelite city, the surviving Jebusites were forced by Solomon to become serfs; though since some archaeologists believe that the Israelites were simply an emergent tribe in Canaanite society, it is possible that this is an etiological explanation for serfs than a historically accurate one. It is unknown what ultimately became of these Jebusites, but it seems logical that they were taken in by the Israelites. According to the "Jebusite Hypothesis," however, the Jebusites persisted as inhabitants of Jerusalem and comprised an important faction in the Kingdom of Judah, including such notables as Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Bathsheba, the queen and mother of the next monarch,

God calls his people to obedient. In return for obedience, God promises to provide. During the time of Solomon the people of Israel lacked obedience. God as king was no longer good enough. Israel’s lack of obedience caused them to anoint a king that also lacked faith in the Lord. Man is broken and even great leaders have flaws. Israel’s demand for a king ultimately resulted in the division of the kingdom.

Around 926 b.c., the kingdom of Israel split in two. Up to that point, all twelve tribes of Israel (plus the priestly tribe of Levi) had been united under the monarchies of Saul, David, and Solomon. But when Solomon’s son Rehoboam ascended to the throne, the ten Northern tribes rebelled and seceded from the union. This left only two tribes—Judah and Benjamin (plus much of Levi)—under the control of the king in Jerusalem. From that time on, the tribes were divided into two nations, which came to be called the House of Israel (the Northern ten tribes) and the House of Judah (the Southern two tribes).

King David had sworn to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, that her son would be king following him. Solomon was a wise man. When the Lord came to Solomon and allowed him to ask whatever he wanted Solomon asked for more wisdom. “Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?” (2 Chronicles 1:10). Solomon ruled with greatness and that was evident in the cities he built, the number of followers he had. Another sign of his greatness was the fact that the queen of Sheba ventured to Jerusalem just so she could lean at his feet and gained wisdom.

1 Kings 1-14 – At this point in Scripture, David is very old and the debate over who will succeed him as king over Israel is at the fore. In a cunning move, Bathsheba and Nathan collaborate to convince David to appoint his son Solomon over Israel and not Adonijah. After Solomon establishes his new kingdom, Israel experiences a golden age with the building of the Temple for YHWH, as well as the peace that they experience in the land, along with the accumulation of wealth on the part of Solomon. Peace and prosperity do not last for Solomon, however, because some of the women that he has joined himself to turn him away from following YHWH wholeheartedly. As a punishment, YHWH strips the throne from Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, and leaves him with

Jezebel was a queen, identified in the Book of Kings as the daughter of Ithobaal I of Sidon and the wife of Ahab, King of Israel. According to the Hebrew Bible, Jezebel incited her husband King Ahab to abandon the worship of Yahweh and encourage worship of the deities Baal and Asherah instead. Jezebel persecuted the prophets of Yahweh, and fabricated evidence of blasphemy against an innocent landowner who refused to sell his property to King Ahab, causing the landowner to be put to death. For these transgressions against the God and people of Israel, Jezebel met a gruesome death – thrown out of a window by members of her own court retinue, and the flesh of her corpse eaten by stray dogs. Jezebel became associated with false prophets. In some

Solomon, the New Man: Dissecting Solomon’s Accession to the Throne In 1 Kings 1 David’s hold on the kingship is weaker than ever. Marked by his affair with Bathsheba, Nathan’s parable, and the inevitable effects of aging, the king is now unfit to rule the land he once worked so hard for. However, despite being bedridden, it is implied that David still has not thought about which one of his sons he would like to be the new heir. Naturally, Adonijah, the eldest son, assumes he will take the throne and begins to campaign for kingship without David’s knowledge.

Nonetheless, it is Jezebel who is accused by the Hebrews of the crime, and she “was murdered in the most gruesome manner, described in morbid detail in the Bible, surely intended as a warning to all other ‘treacherous women.’” Jezebel was punished for the rumor that caused the man’s death, but it is not the reason they treated her so negatively; rather, a Hebrew named Jehu “arranged a massacre of those who ‘ate at [the goddess’s] royal table,’ and later claimed the throne of Israel as his own.” This story is just one of many stories that were carried out in the name of Yahweh, but they are truly just religious persecution from a dominating aggressive religion. The “heroes” of the Bible who carried out these acts are

The nation of Israel was set apart as holy to the LORD. But they When the children of Israel demanded a king, they did so to be like the other nations. The first three kings were Saul, (outwardly tall, handsome and strong—a seemingly good choice for a king, but inwardly arrogant, proud and unrepentant—not God’s choice), David (a man after God’s own heart who repented of his sins and as such was God’s choice), and Solomon (the wisest man who ever lived, but because of covenant disobedience became the catalyst for the division and ultimate exile of Israel.

After the death of King Solomon, the united tribes of Israel split into 2 kingdoms - the southern kingdom of "Judah," with the capital remaining at Jerusalem, and the northern kingdom of "Israel," with the capital at Samaria. The northern kingdom lasted just over 200 years before they were conquered and taken away into exile by the Assyrians. They never returned, and have become known to history as the "Lost Ten Tribes of Israel."

After Solomon died, the kingdom was divided into two: the Northern Kingdom, called Israel and the Southern Kingdom, called Judah. Common elements of two nations are that both the kings of Israel and Judah practiced idolatry. One of the most terrible king of Israel is king Ahab who ignores the God and spread idol worship of Baal. Although many of the kings served idols, a few kings of Judah served the God faithfully. One of the good kings of Judah is king Jehoshaphat who worshiped the God and educate his people do so too.

Reiss, when discussing the book of Judges, says “[t]he book as a whole seems to suggest that the Israelites, instead of rejecting the idolatry and pagan morality of the region they conquered, adopted them” (59). Furthering this claim, McCann states “Jephthah’s story . . . has the effect of portraying Jephthah as a faithful Ammonite rather than a faithful Israelite” (84). Therefore, Jephthah gave in to the culture that surrounded him. First, through making an unfaithful vow (Hamlin 118) that attempted to manipulate Yahweh, as the Ammonites did with their pagan deities; and secondly, by following through with a vow that committed human sacrifice, a grievous sin in the eyes of God (Leviticus 18:21). Portraying Jephthah in this light can seem unfair, but when looking at the context of the account of Jephthah and his daughter, a very bleak perspective appears. Jephthah not only made a rash and unfaithful vow, but when he realized his mistake, he went so far as to blame his daughter by saying, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me” (Judges 11:35). In addition to blaming his daughter, he followed through with the vow, whereas McCann claims “Jephthah could actually have appealed to the Torah as support for not sacrificing his child” (85). Unfortunately the violence of Jephthah does not end in the

Which was a curse from the Lord for Ahab not following Gods commands. Another way Ahab and his wife disobeyed the Lord was when Ahab was greedy with his land and vineyards. When his wife found out that her husband was displeased, she wanted to make him happy. So she plotted the murder of Naboth so Ahab could have the vineyard he wanted. Ahab and Jezebel’s consequence for their actions was they would “not get any fruit from the land no matter how much they planted.” (Deuteronomy 28:44) At this point in Ahab’s life God tries to convince and show Ahab that he needs to give up paganism, but he does not listen. So, the Lord sends Elijah to give Ahab and Jezebel the opportunity to repent, but Elijah also warned them about their death and “how dogs would be there to lick up their blood and devour them.” (1 kings 21:19) Jezebel ended up dying and dogs were there to lick up her blood. Then when Elijah and Ahab finally meet in person Elijah warns Ahab that if

Solomon was the son of David. When king David died, Solomon became king. Under king Solomon "the kingdom was established" in peace (I Kings 2:12,45-46; I Chronicles 22:9). "Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king" (I Chronicles 19:23) and "built a temple for the name of the Lord" (II Chronicles 2:1). For Jesus to be greater than Solomon He would have to ascend the throne of God and build the house of God, with all His enemies no longer making trouble. Matthew records Jesus the King saying to His disciples "I will build My church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18); later, having ascertained that the Messiah is a Son, the Son of David, Jesus shows that even king David calls the Messiah "Lord" (Psalm 110:1 and Matthew 22:41-45). Jesus is therefore the King of kings.