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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.
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.
Jehu is a masculine given name. The best known of that name is Jehu, a king of Israel in the Bible. There is also another biblical Jehu (prophet). Others bearing the name include: Jehu V. Chase (1869–1937), United States Navy rear admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet; Jehu Chesson (born 1993), American National Football ...
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with J in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
Some scholars have therefore taken the phrase to mean that Jehu was not the actual son of Nimshi, and that Nimshi was either the grandfather or ancestor of Jehu, or even that Jehu belonged to a clan named Nimshi. [1] Another possibility is that "son of Jehoshaphat" was a later addition, in which case Nimshi would be the father of Jehu. [1]
Obadiah – Biblical prophet to whom authorship of the Book of Obadiah is attributed; Jehu – Biblical prophet and son of Hanani; Azariah – Biblical prophet credited with persuading King Asa of Judah to carry out reforms; Jahaziel – Prophet in the Hebrew Bible; Eliezer – Name shared by multiple Biblical figures; Elijah – Biblical prophet
Jehu is the tenth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, according to the Bible. For a list of other people named Jehu, see Jehu (given name) Jehu may also refer to: Book of Jehu, a lost Jewish text possibly written by Jehu (prophet) Steve Jehu (born 1987), English gymnast; Jehu-class landing craft, used by the Finnish Navy
2 Kings 9 is the ninth chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]