Was this a miracle, a coincidence, or just a made up story? Virgin Mary the Blessed is the Queen mother of Lord Jesus the Christ, the King of the Jews. Matriarchy is the counterpart of Patriarchy in the Holy Bible. This was the first of many mistakes in this piece of trash article.What utter garbage! Jezebel is said to have written letters to the people of the town asking them to accuse Naboth of the crime of blasphemy and then to take him out and stone him. While Athaliah ruled the kingdom he plotted her assassination in order to place the young king Joash back on the throne. This tale begins with her husband King Ahab wanting to buy his neighbors vineyard so the King can make a vegetable garden…yes a vegetable garden. Jehu then had the decapitated heads of Ahab’s seventy sons taken from Samaria to the gates of Jezeel and put in a pile. There is never any evidence that she was not loyal to him, even after his death. In Kings 18:4, it says Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, it does not of course say why. Athaliah heard the commotion and tried to figure out what was going on. The Bible points out that Ahab erected an altar to Baal and then almost second handedly, it mentions he also made a “sacred post” (1 Kings 16:31-33). I, of course, do not doubt that something as petty as this could be true, the Bible is full of such stories; this one however is weaker than most. In another article in this issue, Herman L. Hoeh reveals the astonishing fact that Elizabeth II actually sits on the throne of King David of ISRAEL — that she is a direct descendant, continuing David's dynasty — the VERY THRONE on which Christ shall sit after His return to earth in all divine power and glory! Perhaps they were causing extreme unrest by preaching in the streets that the evil of the king was causing the drought and in turn threatening the sovereignty of the king, or perhaps the accusations were not even true; there is no mention of names or places. How could a mere woman challenge such men of God? Elijah had been taken to heaven without dying for being such a great guy, and his follower, Elisha, had taken up his cause. In the sixth year of Athaliah’s rule, Jehoiada carried out his plot. Then of course there is the account of Elijah making it rain, breaking the drought. Judah did have some good kings, though. The Bible likened lining the eyes as a female trick of enticement but in Jezebel’s case, it was quite possibly the face she would have worn to worship her dual deities, just as the priestesses of Hathor lined their eyes. Remains of ivory furniture and other relics were actually recovered from Samaria in earlier excavations in 1908 thru 1910, suggesting that the house of ivory really did exist. Secondly, if the letters were signed by the King, how did they know they were actually sent by the Queen, and why would either the King or Queen send out multiple letters asking people to falsely testify against a man? A village along the eastern slope of the Samaritan mountain believed to be the location of King Ahab's ivory palace. She was so hated by some of the ancient followers of Yahweh that they went out of their way after her death to paint her as all things evil, even going so far as changing her actual title from the Virgin of Baal to the Whore of Baal. The tragic death of Naboth, however, enraged the ever-righteous Elijah, and the Lord told him to go and tell Ahab that his possession of the land by murder would not go unpunished and that Ahab’s blood will be lapped up by dogs in the same place as Naboth’s death. It was a very advantageous agreement for Israel to be partners with the powerful and wealthy sea faring Phoenicians. Answer: Athaliah, whose name means “afflicted by God,” was queen of Judah from 841–835 BC and the only female monarch to sit on David’s throne in biblical history. Queen Athaliah forced her way on the throne of Judah and ruled the land for six years. Jezebel - even to this day, the name of the wife of King Ahab is synonymous with wickedness and promiscuity.
Also, would have been nice if you had mentioned Athaliah, the Queen regnant, as example for the monarchs period as you mentioned Judge-Prophetess Deborah for the judges period. They obeyed without question; Naboth was killed and the king automatically got the vineyard since the owner was convicted of a serious crime…very tidy except there are quite a few glaring problems with the story. The ancient city of Samaria today is split between Israeli and Palestinian control and, unfortunately, it is in a precarious state threatened by vandals, robbers, and neglect. His name was, coincidentally, also Jehoram. After his victory against an unarmed woman, Jehu announced that her body should not be left in the street since she Jezebel went to her death with courage and spirit; she never begged for mercy or abandoned her beliefs. Between they seed and her seed. Since different deities fell in and out of favour it is more than reasonable that Baal was major at the time of the King EthBAAL, given that the most reliable source names him as Baal's high priest.Pure speculation from somebody who writes from the perspective of a pissed off 8th grade girl who has issues with Judaism and male dominance in ancient society. She was a woman who spoke her mind and stood behind her beliefs and her culture; she refused to bow to their will and this alone made her very dangerous. The acolytes of Astarte and Baal first tried to get their deities to light the fire under the pyre to no avail, but just one plea from Elijah and the Lord sent fire to light the sacrifice. And if it did once exist, where was it located before its watery demise? But what does it mean?In an underwater investigation in Fuxian Lake, Yunnan Province, China, started on June 13, 2006, archeologists discovered remains of a group of huge ancient buildings at the bottom of the lake. N o explicit mention of queens is made in Scripture till we read of the “queen of Sheba.” The wives of the kings of Israel are not called queens.