Jehu's Slaughter of Judah's Royal Family at Beth-Eked (2 Kings 10:13-14): A Closer Look
Why were the brothers of king Ahaziah at Beth-Eked in Israel, following the deaths of king Ahaziah and his northern ally, king Joram? This paper takes a closer look at the events of Beth-Eked in 2Kgs 10:13–14 and proposes that the brothers of Ahaziah represent a Judahite delegation seeking to mainta...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2019]
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Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Year: 2019, Volume: 131, Issue: 4, Pages: 537-548 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jehu Israel, King ca. 845 BC-818 BC
/ Observation
/ Bible. Könige 2. 9-10
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism HH Archaeology |
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| Summary: | Why were the brothers of king Ahaziah at Beth-Eked in Israel, following the deaths of king Ahaziah and his northern ally, king Joram? This paper takes a closer look at the events of Beth-Eked in 2Kgs 10:13–14 and proposes that the brothers of Ahaziah represent a Judahite delegation seeking to maintain shalôm with the Omrides in response to Jehu’s coup. If so, then Olyan’s observation of the ironic use of shalôm in 2Kgs 9 should be extended to 2Kgs 10. In addition, it suggests that Jehu’s slaughter of the Judahites at Beth-Eked was the major turning point in the breaking of the Omride-Judahite alliance, rather than the initial deaths of the two kings. |
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| ISSN: | 1613-0103 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zaw-2019-4001 |