Royal Officials and Court Families: A New Look at the ילךים (yĕlādîm) in 1 Kings 12
The famous narrative of Rehoboam's first and worst royal decision (1 Kings 12:1-15) structures the new king's options as the choice between the advice of the court "elders" and "youth." The precise identity of this latter group with whom Rehoboam fatefully sides has her...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1996
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1996, Volume: 59, Issue: 4, Pages: 225-232 |
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| Summary: | The famous narrative of Rehoboam's first and worst royal decision (1 Kings 12:1-15) structures the new king's options as the choice between the advice of the court "elders" and "youth." The precise identity of this latter group with whom Rehoboam fatefully sides has heretofore eluded historians. Their designation, yĕlādîm, should be understood as a technical term signifying membership in a group of sons of royal officials raised in the palace household. Egypt offers analogies for just such a royal institution, and biblical lists and recovered seals evidence multi-generational families of Israelite court officials. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210564 |