Jehu orders Queen Jezebel to be thrown from the palace windows, Illustration from the Dorè Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dorè (1832–1883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 F

Jehu orders Queen Jezebel to be thrown from the palace windows, Illustration from the Dorè Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dorè (1832–1883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful. Jehu king of the northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), noted for exterminating the house of Ahab, reigned 842–815 BCE. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)