The Fall of Jezebel

I was anointed to end a dynasty… and judgment waited in the palace.

I rode hard toward Jezreel. Jezebel painted her eyes and stood in the window.

Have you come in peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?

I didn’t answer her insult — I called to the servants around her. ‘Who is on

my side?’ Two eunuchs stepped forward. I said one word:

‘Throw her down.’ They pushed her — She fell. Blood on the walls.

The horses trampled her. When we went to bury her, there was almost

nothing left — Only skull, hands, and feet. The dogs had