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When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window.
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Jehu had been used by the Lord to fulfill prophesy as he killed Joram, also known as Jehoram, king of Israel in the north. The body of Joram, son of Ahab, was tossed into the property of the field of Naboth. That field was the very one that Jezebel had witnesses falsely testify against him to have him killed and illegally obtain the property for her husband Ahab. {1Ki.21:1-16}

Jehu also killed Ahaziah, King of Judah who was his own nephew. He told his men to shoot him with arrows as he was in Israel supporting Jorham. {2Ki.9:27} That was followed not long after by Jezebel, the wife of Ahab, who was, as commanded by King Jehu, thrown down from the palace to her death and trampled underfoot by horses! {2Ki.9:33}

Attendants went to bury her because of her royal lineage, the daughter of King Ethbaal of Tyre and the spouse of King Ahab of Israel. But when they went to bury her, they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. {1Ki.9:35} An ignominious end indeed! However, that same evil spirit that drove her was still going to and fro into New Testament times.

You can actually read about another Jezebel in the letter to the church of Thyatira in the Book of Revelation. The Lord speaks to those believers about her refusal to repent saying: I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. {Rev.3:2:20-21}

This begins to sound like a Shakespearian crime story, a more modern Macbeth. It is not inconceivable that it might actually be the case…

Speculation has been about for quite a while that Shakespeare, who was by far the most famous English writer at the time the Authorized Version of the bible commissioned by King James was being translated. The speculation is—and it is only speculation at this point—that to celebrate his 46th birthday he was asked to choose and translate a verse. Supposedly, he chose Psalm 46 because he was 46 years old in 1610 as the translation, being done officially by six panels of men who were English bible scholars, was getting near completion.

The 46th word counting down in that Psalm is ‘shake’ (verse 3) and the 46th word counting up from the bottom is ‘spear’ (verse 9)! Regardless of whether he got his name in there or not—and remember, it is only speculation at this point, but with that said, his name is surely in the bible! By the way, so is mine, yours and every other child of God’s. As the Word of God proclaims for all creation to hear, “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands”. {Ps.49:16}

As a matter of fact, like Moses, He knows us by name {Ex.33:12} He knows absolutely everything about you and I. He knows when we sit down and when we rise, He is intimately acquainted with all our ways. Even before there is a word on our tongues, behold, He the Lord knows it all. {Ps.139:1-4} Our names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life if He has cleansed us from the stain of sin with His precious blood. He wants us to know His name—we NEED to know His name!

“But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. … For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:8-10,13)

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