2 Kings 8: 16-29, 2 Kings 9, Acts 23: 12-35, Psalm 102: 18-28
2 Kings 9: 35-37 (ESV)
“But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her
than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. When they came back and
told him, he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant
Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh
of Jezebel, and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field
in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.’”
Verses 35 through 37 from 2 Kings 9 shows another prophecy
of Elisha coming true with amazing accuracy. Queen Jezebel was the wife of King
Ahab, who ruled the kingdom of Israel. Jezebel persuaded Ahab to start worshipping
Baal and killed most of the prophets of God. Elisha prophesied that the Lord
wanted to avenge that Jezebel for killing his servants and prophets, and that
Jehu would strike down the house of Ahab and how Jezebel would die. Jehu did as
Elisha predicted and called for the execution of Jezebel. Jezebel died when she
was thrown out of the window by the eunuchs and she was trampled by horses.
When Jehu later told his servants to bury Jezebel, they found very little of
her.
It may take some time for people who do bad things to get
their justice, but God remembers all that we do and will serve justice on those
people who especially kill his servants and prophets. We need to remember this
story when we wonder why bad people don’t get punished right away. God will bad
people but in his own way, on his plan, and on his time.
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