14 – Jezebel / Ahab

Bible Verses

1 Kings 16:31 – “And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, King of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.” (NKJV)

1 Kings 18:4 – “While Jezebel was killing off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.” (NIV)

1 Kings 21:25 – “But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up.” (NKJV)

Revelation 2:20 – “Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching, she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.” (NIV)

Discussion

Jezebel in the Bible was a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab of Israel and became a wicked queen. She was best known for her dominating spirit and for dominating her husband. She worshiped Baal and Asherah, pagan gods, and influenced her husband to do the same. They built a temple and altar for Baal and worshiped him, and put an Asherah pole up to worship Asherah, the consort of Baal. They made sacrifices to Baal and encouraged the Israelites to worship Baal. She was also known for persecuting and killing God’s prophets.

The Jezebel Spirit is used to describe a spiritual or demonic influence with traits of witchcraft, control, manipulation, seduction, sexual immorality, idol worship, domination, hatred of men and men’s authority, lack of submission, and attack on prophets of God. The Ahab Spirit is usually very submissive and passive, and gives over authority to a dominant partner, moral weakness, and is easily manipulated and controlled.

Prayer

Father God, please search my heart and my ways. If I have any of the characteristics of Jezebel or Ahab, I ask you to remove those from me now. Convict my heart and show me any behaviors that I need to change. I repent and renounce and break every generational curse of the spirit of Jezebel, of witchcraft, control, manipulation, seduction, sexual immorality, idol worship, domination, hatred of male or Godordained authority, lack of submission, and any way that I have not honored my husband and, most importantly, any way that I have not honored God.

I repent and renounce and break every generational curse of Ahab, of being overly submissive, passive, moral weakness, or being easily manipulated.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.