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With a chosen band, Jehu planned his conspiracy against King Jehoram and secretly entered Jezreel. Jehoram tried to flee, but Jehu shot an arrow that pierced his heart. Jehu later threw his body on Naboth's vineyard, to avenge Naboth, whom Jehoram's father and mother had murdered. [7] King Ahaziah fled after seeing Jehoram's death but Jehu ...
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:
King of Israel: r. 884–874 BCE: Jehoshaphat King of Judah: r. 870–849 BCE: Jezebel: Ahab King of Israel: r. 871–852 BCE: Jehoram King of Judah: r. 849–842 BCE: Athaliah Queen of Judah: r. 842–835 BCE: Joram King of Israel: r. 849–837 BCE: Ahaziah King of Israel: r. 850–849 BCE: Jehu King of Israel: r. 840—814 BCE: Ahaziah King ...
The genealogy of the kings of Judah, along with the kings of Israel.. The Kings of Judah were the monarchs who ruled over the ancient Kingdom of Judah, which was formed in about 930 BC, according to the Hebrew Bible, when the United Kingdom of Israel split, with the people of the northern Kingdom of Israel rejecting Rehoboam as their monarch, leaving him as solely the King of Judah.
Based on his conclusions, Thiele showed that the 14 years between Ahab and Jehu were really 12 years. This enabled him to date their reigns precisely, for Ahab is mentioned in the Kurk Stele which records the Assyrian advance into Syria/Israel at the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC, and Jehu is mentioned on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III paying tribute in 841 BC.
His words were fulfilled in the reign of Elah, Baasha's son, when the traitor Zimri assassinated Elah and murdered all of Baasha's family and associates. ( 1 Kings 16:1,7,12 ) Jehu also challenged Jehoshaphat , king of Judah.
2 Kings 13:25 suggests that Jehoahaz's son Joash, who recaptured a number of Israelite cities in three successful battles, could have been the deliverer referred to in 2 Kings 13:5, and the Geneva Study Bible maintains this view, [4] but the Jerusalem Bible [5] and the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges [6] argue that Jeroboam II, Joash's son, was the deliverer, citing 2 Kings 14:27:
Jehoahaz III of Judah (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָחָז, Yǝhōʾāḥāz, "Yahweh has held"; Greek: Ιωαχαζ Iōakhaz; Latin: Joachaz), also called Shallum, [1] was the seventeenth king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and the fourth son [2] of king Josiah whom he succeeded. [3] His mother was Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. He was born ...