이세벨(Jezebel) 은
북 이스라엘 왕국 의 7번째 왕
Ahab (King of Israel) 의 왕비이다.
Sidon 출신이다. 아합과 결혼하면서 북 이스라엘 왕국에 우상 숭배를 들여오게 되어 대대로 악한 영향력을 미치게 되었다.
30 Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight above all that were before him.
31 As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal , and worshiped him.
워낙 우상숭배와 악녀의 대명사 처럼 여겨지기에
Revelation 에도
Thyatira 교회에 대해 이야기할 때 악한 여선지자를 이세벨로 칭하고 있다.
But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel , who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
그녀는 왕비가 된 이후 우상숭배를 들여오면서 여호와의 선지자들을 죽였다.
for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
이후
Elijah (Prophet) 가
Carmel 산에서 바알과 아세라 선지자들을 죽이자 매우 분노하여 엘리야를 위협하였다.
1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
이후,
Ahab (King of Israel) 이
나봇 의 포도원이 탐이 나 괴로워하는 모습을 보자 거짓 증거로 뒤집어씌워 그를 죽이고 빼앗으라는 조언을 하게 된다.
1 After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria .
2 Ahab spoke to Naboth , saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
3 Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?”
6 He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”
7 Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel ? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth .
9 She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
10 Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them.
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
13 The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth , in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
14 Then they sent to Jezebel , saying, “Naboth has been stoned, and is dead.”
15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
이 일로 말미암아 하나님에게 결정적인 진노를 얻게 되어 비참하게 죽임을 당할 것을 예언되었다.
이후,
Elisha 가 하나님의 명을 받아 아직 장군이었던
Jehu (King of Northern Israel) 를 찾아가 아합과 이세벨을 죽이고 왕이 될것이라는 말씀을 하게 된다.
6 He arose, and went into the house. Then he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Yahweh, the God of Israel , says, ‘I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel.
7 You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel .
8 For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel .
9 I will make Ahab’s house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’ ” Then he opened the door and fled.
예후는 그 말씀을 충실히 수행하였고 이세벨은 예언처럼
Jezreel 에서 비참하게 죽고 만다.
36 Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, “This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel,
37 and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, “This is Jezebel.” ’ ”
그렇지만 이 아합과 이세벨 사이에서 태어난 딸
Athaliah 는 남 유다 왕국의
Jehoram (King of Judah) 과 결혼하게 되었는데,
이후 유다 왕족의 씨를 모두 전멸시키고 본인이 여왕이 되었다.
하나님의 섭리로 유일한 갓난아이
Joash (King of Judah) 만이 살아남아 다시 왕권을 회복하게 되고
메시야의 계보가 이어질 수 있었다.