Rev 2:20 But 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.

Attributes of Jezebel-

  • Threats

1Ki 19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 1Ki 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”

  • Lies and Accusations

1Ki 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. 1Ki 21:10 And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

  • Manipulation for control

  • Idolatry

1Ki 16:31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.

  • Seduction

2Ki 9:30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.

  • Division

  • Destruction

Solutions to Jezebel-

  • Trust and have faith

1Ki 19:3 Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 1Ki 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

  • Expose

2Ki 9:22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?”

  • Boldly Come Against

2Ki 9:31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?” 2Ki 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.