King jehu biography

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    • Jehu

    Tenth king of Israel

    This article is about the king of Israel. For the biblical prophet, see Jehu (prophet). For other uses, see Jehu (disambiguation).

    Jehu (; Hebrew: יֵהוּא, romanized: Yēhūʾ, meaning "Yah is He"; Akkadian: 𒅀𒌑𒀀Ya'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.

    He was the son of Jehoshaphat,[1] grandson of Nimshi, and possibly great-grandson of Omri,[2] although the latter notion is not supported by the biblical text.

    King jehu biography in the bible

    His reign lasted 28 years.

    William F. Albright has dated Jehu's reign to 842–815 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 841–814 BCE.[3] The principal source for the events of his reign comes from 2 Kings.[4]

    Biblical narrative

    Proclamation as king

    The reign of Jehu's predecessor, Jehoram, was marked by the Battle of Ramoth-Gilead against the army of the Arameans.

    Jehoram was wound