Omride dynasty, who were already unpopular among the Israelites. For these offences, Jezebel was defenestrated, under Jehu's orders (2 Kings 9), and devoured by dogs as prophesied by Elijah (1 Kings 16). In the Book of Revelation, the name Jezebel is contemptuously attributed to a prophetic woman of Thyatira, whom the author accuses of leading her followers into fornication (idolatry). For refusing to repent, she is threatened with illness and the death of her children.