Jezebel’s demise

Jehu had just been anointed king over Israel.

He immediately gathered troops and rode furiously to Jezreel.  A couple horsemen approached and asked if he came in peace.  He encouraged them to join his ranks if they wanted to live.  They did.  He rode on.  Joram, the son of Jezebel comes and meets them and asks if Jehu came in peace.  Jehu said there would be no peace because of the idolatry and witchcraft of Jezebel.  Joram retreated and was shot in the back with an arrow by Jehu.

Jehu arrives and sees Jezebel in the upper window of a tower.  He tells the eunuchs serving her there to throw her out of the window if they wanted to live.  They do.  She doesn’t.  The blood from the fall splatters upon the walls and all over the horses as they trample her body under their feet.  As her crushed, bloody body lies in the street, the dogs come and lick her blood and eat her flesh.

All that remains is her head, hands and feet.  There is no grave to visit Jezebel.  The dogs used her remains as fertilizer throughout the land.

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