OT Characters: Ahab & Jezebel

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ot34-ahab-jezebel/">website</a>.</p><p><strong>Hebrew words:</strong></p><ul><li><i>'Akh'av </i>(Ahab)-- father's brother or "The Father is my brother" (a claim to be close to God?), 84x in the OT.</li><li><i>'Izevel</i> (Jezebel) -- may mean "chaste" (ironic, if so), or (more likely?) refers to the pagan (Canaanite and Phoenician) god Baal (Babylonian Bel). This may even be a wordplay on the word for dung, <i>zebul </i>(see 1 Kings 14:10), which sounds like the word for prince. 23x in the OT.</li></ul><p><strong>Further study:</strong></p><ul><li>Ahab: 1 Kings 16-22; 2 Kings 9.</li><li>Jezebel: 1 Kings 16, 18, 19, 21; 2 Kings 9; Revelation 2:20.</li></ul><p><strong>Some things we learn about God:</strong></p><ul><li>God’s world is moral. Immoral choices lead to harmful consequences.</li><li>Punishes those who disrespect his word.</li><li>Responds favorably to repentance even on the part of the most hardened sinner.</li></ul><p><strong>For kids:</strong></p><ul><li>Why not act out the colorful story of Ahab, Jezebel, and Naboth’s vineyard? You might also want to dramatize the end of Ahab and Jezebel.<ul><li>Characters required: Naboth, Ahab, Jezebel, falsewitnesses.</li><li>Scenes: Naboth's refusal, Ahab's pouting, Jezebel's scheme, Naboth's wrongly execution, Ahab's death (shot with an arrow), Jezebel's death (thrown out a window).</li><li>The lesson: If we disobey God's word, sooner or later we will be called to judgment.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Key verses:</strong></p><ul><li>1 Kings 16:31 – Ahab marries the pagan Jezebel, leading Israel into even greater depravity.</li><li>1 Kings 18:17 – Ahab doesn’t like the prophet Elijah.</li><li>1 Kings 21:13 – Ahab and Jezebel murder Naboth (and his sons) to seize his property.</li><li>1 Kings 21:27 – Ahab responds humbly to Elijah’s words.</li><li>1 Kings 22:35 – Ahab dies as a result of ignoring the prophet Micaiah’s warning.</li><li>2 Kings 9:33 – Jezebel is defenest