RT Article
T1 Davidic Kings with Disability: Illness, Disability, and Ideal Monarchs
JF Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
VO 5
IS 3
SP 1
OP 20
A1 Gates, Grant F.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1907481001
AB Royal illness and disability recur as motifs within the accounts of the Davidic monarchs provided in the books of Samuel and Kings. Recent work done on the intersection of disability studies and the Hebrew Bible provides a framework for tracing this motif throughout the history of the southern kingdom in 1 and 2 Kings. Under this framework, kings who are identified as acting righteously in the eyes of YHWH like their father David—Asa, Azariah, and Hezekiah—are kings who experience royal illness and disability. This paper considers how these instances of royal illness and disability informs the ideal for ancient Israel and Judah's monarchs.
K1 2 Samuel
K1 1 Kings
K1 2 Kings
K1 Disability Studies
K1 David
K1 Mephibosheth
K1 Asa
K1 Azariah
K1 Hezekiah
DO 10.17613/2cxh-1b32