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Jehu (/ ˈ dʒ iː h uː /; Hebrew: יֵהוּא, romanized: Yēhūʾ, meaning "Yah is He"; Akkadian: 𒅀𒌑𒀀 Ya'úa [ia-ú-a]; Latin: Iehu) was the tenth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel since Jeroboam I, noted for exterminating the house of Ahab.
King Ahaziah ben Jehoram (II Kings 8:24) – under whose reign, Jehu ruled in Israel. Queen Athaliah (II Kings 11:3) mother of Ahaziah; King Jehoash (II Kings 11:21) – son of Ahaziah, under whose reign, Jehoahaz and another Jehoash ruled in Israel. King Amaziah (II Kings 14:1) – under whose reign, Jeroboam II ruled in Israel.
Jehu was reportedly anointed as king by the prophet Elijah (1 Kings 19:16). According to the Books of Chronicles, Jehu was authorized to eliminate the descendants of his predecessor Ahab and all the priests of the god Baal (2 Chronicles 22:7). Jehu continued the worship of the golden calves at the holy places of Bethel and Dan (2 Kings 10:
Reigned over Israel in Samaria for 12 years. Death: Killed by Jehu, the next king of Israel: The House of Jehu. 842–815 BCE: 841–814 BCE: 842–815 BCE:
The traditional identification of "Yaw" as Jehu has been questioned by some scholars, who proposed that the inscription refers to another king, Jehoram of Israel. [1] [2] Its reference to Parsua is also the first known reference to the Persians. Tribute offerings are shown being brought from identifiable regions and peoples. It was erected as a ...
By Albright's calculations, Jehu's initial year was 842 BC; and between it and Samaria's destruction the Books of Kings give the total number of the years the kings of Israel ruled as 143 7/12, while for the kings of Judah the number is 165. This discrepancy, amounting in the case of Judah to 45 years (165−120), has been accounted for in ...
Portrait of the Prophet Jehu by Girolamo Tessari in Padova, Church of St. Francesco Jehu ( UK : / ˈ dʒ iː h j uː / , US : / ˈ dʒ iː h uː / ; [ 1 ] Hebrew : יֵהוּא Yēhūʾ , "Yah is He") [ 2 ] son of Hanani was a prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible , who was active during the 9th century BC.
Jehoahaz II of Israel (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָחָז Yəhō’āḥāz, meaning "Yahweh has held"; Latin: Joachaz) was the eleventh king of Israel and the son of Jehu (2 Kings 10:35; 13:1). He reigned for seventeen years.