Editing Jezebel
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Three years later, Ahab died in battle. Jezebel's son [[Ahaziah of Israel|Ahaziah]] inherited the throne, but died as the result of an accident and was succeeded by his brother, [[Jehoram of Israel|Jehoram]]. [[Jehu]] later usurped the throne<ref name="Metzger"/> and killed Jehoram, and his nephew [[Ahaziah of Judah|Ahaziah]], who was the son of Jehoram's possible sister [[Athaliah]] and her Judahite husband [[Jehoram of Judah|Jehoram]]. He later approached Jezebel at the royal palace in Jezreel. |
Three years later, Ahab died in battle. Jezebel's son [[Ahaziah of Israel|Ahaziah]] inherited the throne, but died as the result of an accident and was succeeded by his brother, [[Jehoram of Israel|Jehoram]]. [[Jehu]] later usurped the throne<ref name="Metzger"/> and killed Jehoram, and his nephew [[Ahaziah of Judah|Ahaziah]], who was the son of Jehoram's possible sister [[Athaliah]] and her Judahite husband [[Jehoram of Judah|Jehoram]]. He later approached Jezebel at the royal palace in Jezreel. |
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Anticipating his arrival, Jezebel put on make-up and a formal wig with adornments and looked out of a window and taunted him. Bromiley says that it should be looked at less as an attempt at seduction and more as the public defiance of the queen mother, invested with the authority of the royal house and cult to confront a rebellious commander.<ref name=Bromiley/> In his two-volume ''[[Asimov's Guide to the Bible|Guide to the Bible]]'' (1967 and 1969), [[Isaac Asimov]] describes Jezebel's last act: dressing in all her finery, make-up, and jewelry, as deliberately symbolic, indicating her |
Anticipating his arrival, Jezebel put on make-up and a formal wig with adornments and looked out of a window and taunted him. Bromiley says that it should be looked at less as an attempt at seduction and more as the public defiance of the queen mother, invested with the authority of the royal house and cult to confront a rebellious commander.<ref name=Bromiley/> In his two-volume ''[[Asimov's Guide to the Bible|Guide to the Bible]]'' (1967 and 1969), [[Isaac Asimov]] describes Jezebel's last act: dressing in all her finery, make-up, and jewelry, as deliberately symbolic, indicating her dignity, royal status, and determination to go out of this life as a queen.<ref>{{cite book|last=Asimov|first=Isaac|title=Asimov's Guide to the Bible: Two Volumes in One, the Old and New Testaments|year=1988|edition=reprint|publisher=Wings|isbn=978-0-517-34582-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/asimovsguidetobi00asim}}</ref> |
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Jehu, however, remained unfazed and ordered Jezebel's [[eunuch]] servants to [[Defenestration|throw her from the window]]. Her blood splattered on the wall and horses, and Jehu's horse trampled her corpse. He entered the palace where, after he ate and drank, he ordered Jezebel's body to be taken for burial. However, only her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands remained—her flesh had been eaten by stray dogs, just as the prophet Elijah had prophesied.<ref>{{Bibleverse||2 Kings|9:35-36|kjv|}}</ref><ref>See also [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/jezebel-midrash-and-aggadah jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/jezebel-midrash-and-aggadah]</ref> [[Edwin R. Thiele]] dates Jezebel's death {{circa|850 BCE}}.<ref>Edwin Thiele, ''[[The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings]]'', (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). {{ISBN|0-8254-3825-X}}</ref> |
Jehu, however, remained unfazed and ordered Jezebel's [[eunuch]] servants to [[Defenestration|throw her from the window]]. Her blood splattered on the wall and horses, and Jehu's horse trampled her corpse. He entered the palace where, after he ate and drank, he ordered Jezebel's body to be taken for burial. However, only her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands remained—her flesh had been eaten by stray dogs, just as the prophet Elijah had prophesied.<ref>{{Bibleverse||2 Kings|9:35-36|kjv|}}</ref><ref>See also [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/jezebel-midrash-and-aggadah jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/jezebel-midrash-and-aggadah]</ref> [[Edwin R. Thiele]] dates Jezebel's death {{circa|850 BCE}}.<ref>Edwin Thiele, ''[[The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings]]'', (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). {{ISBN|0-8254-3825-X}}</ref> |