Jezebel is name that conjures up evil and sin on a large level in the Bible. Her and Ahab ruled what has to be the most wicked time in Israels history. Jezebel was not an Israelite and even though mixed creed marriages were forbidden by God, Ahab marries her anyway. The results were disastrous for the nation. Her daughter Athaliah did much the same for the southern kingdom of Judah.This is not the first time we have seen pagan wives drawing away men further from God but it is the most pronounced as Jezebel's name now is synonymous with wicked sin.
Her and Ahab's marriage is one for the books, it is about mutual sinfulness and scheming to get what they want. You see only love for destroying a common enemy and given the nature of Baal worship, I doubt sexual faithfulness was a part of it either. This is contract relationship for mutual gain by any means. A twisted version of marriage is what they represent. Ahab was already a pretty wicked guy, his wife just egged him on. This would not be the first time the values and beliefs of a married couple drew them both into sin, but it is the worst example of it. Jezebel's wickedness would not stop until her death; Ahab seems to have come to his senses just in time.
The mixed marriage question would dog the Israelites until the Exile and Reconstruction.
Next: Exile, Reconstruction and Putting Away Wives.
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