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The House of Jehu or Jehu dynasty was a reigning dynasty of the Kingdom of Israel. They are depicted in both of the Books of Kings . Their estimated reign is placed from the 9th century to the 8th century BCE.
The destruction of the house of Ahab is commended by the author of 2 Kings as a form of divine punishment. Yahweh rewards Jehu for being a willing executor of divine judgment by allowing four generations of kings to sit on the throne of Israel. [16] Jehu and his descendants Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, and Zachariah ruled Israel for 102 years.
Articles relating to the House of Jehu of the Kingdom of Israel, an alleged cadet branch of the Omrides. Pages in category "House of Jehu" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
In 2 Kings 10:8 Jehu orders the death of 70 descendants of Ahab, and has their heads sent to the new king in Jezreel and piled up in "two heaps at the gate entrance." [ 4 ] Jezreel is also mentioned in the book of Hosea where God commands Hosea to name his son "Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel ...
2 Kings 10 is the tenth 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]
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]
House of Jehu (7 P) House of Jeroboam (7 P) House of Pekah (7 P) House of Saul (1 C, 17 P) House of Shallum (4 P) House of Zimri (1 C, 3 P) K. Karaite exilarchs (11 P) M.
Jehu, bows before Shalmaneser III. [3] This is "the only portrayal we have in ancient Near Eastern art of an Israelite or Judaean monarch". [4] Ia-ú-a mar Hu-um-ri-i (Akkadian: 𒅀𒌑𒀀 𒈥 𒄷𒌝𒊑𒄿): "Jehu, son of Omri". The second register from the top is thought to include the earliest surviving picture of a biblical figure.