Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PART I THE PREHISTORY OF THE BALKANS TO 1000 B.C.
- PART II THE MIDDLE EAST
- 6 Assyria: Ashur-Dan II to Ashur-Nirari V (954–745 B.C.)
- 7 Babylonia c. 1000–748 B.C.
- 8 Urartu
- 9 The Neo-Hittite states in Syria and Anatolia
- 10 Israel and Judah until the Revolt of Jehu (931–841 B.C.)
- 11 Israel and Judah from Jehu until the Period of Assyrian Domination (841–c. 750 B.C.)
- 12 Cyprus
- 13 Egypt: from the Twenty-Second to the Twenty-Fourth Dynasty
- PART III THE BALKANS AND THE AEGEAN
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
- Map 1. The Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic (Mesolithic) periods in Romania
- Map 2. The Neo-Eneolithic period in Romania
- Map 3. The period of transition to the Bronze Age in Romania
- Map 4. The Bronze Age and Hallstatt A period in Romania
- Map 5. Gold and bronze hoards in Romania
- Map 13. Urartu">
- Map 17. Egypt
- References
11 - Israel and Judah from Jehu until the Period of Assyrian Domination (841–c. 750 B.C.)
from PART II - THE MIDDLE EAST
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2008
- Frontmatter
- PART I THE PREHISTORY OF THE BALKANS TO 1000 B.C.
- PART II THE MIDDLE EAST
- 6 Assyria: Ashur-Dan II to Ashur-Nirari V (954–745 B.C.)
- 7 Babylonia c. 1000–748 B.C.
- 8 Urartu
- 9 The Neo-Hittite states in Syria and Anatolia
- 10 Israel and Judah until the Revolt of Jehu (931–841 B.C.)
- 11 Israel and Judah from Jehu until the Period of Assyrian Domination (841–c. 750 B.C.)
- 12 Cyprus
- 13 Egypt: from the Twenty-Second to the Twenty-Fourth Dynasty
- PART III THE BALKANS AND THE AEGEAN
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
- Map 1. The Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic (Mesolithic) periods in Romania
- Map 2. The Neo-Eneolithic period in Romania
- Map 3. The period of transition to the Bronze Age in Romania
- Map 4. The Bronze Age and Hallstatt A period in Romania
- Map 5. Gold and bronze hoards in Romania
- Map 13. Urartu">
- Map 17. Egypt
- References
Summary
JEHU AND HIS SUCCESSORS
The rebellion of Jehu in Israel in 841 B.C. introduced a new dynasty, effectively the fourth since the division of the Kingdom, and this lasted for nearly a century through five reigns, almost to within twenty years of the end of the northern kingdom. Though this event may not have marked an absolute break with the past, changes in material culture increased from this time, and the very strong Phoenician influence which had been known since the time of Solomon declined. The close ties of the previous decades with Judah were also weakened, and indeed for the next six years the Phoenician element was stronger in the south than in the north, because the queen mother, Athaliah, when she heard of the death of her son Ahaziah, seized power, slaughtering, as she thought, all the survivors of the Davidic line, and ruling for half a decade. In fact, she was not thorough enough, and one of her daughters was able to rescue and conceal a son of Ahaziah, called Jehoash, who was a small baby, only about one year old, at the time (II Ki. 11: 1–3).
Athaliah is designated ‘daughter of Omri’ (bat-'omrî) in the Old Testament (II Ki. 8: 26; II Chron. 22: 2), but her husband Jehoram is described as being married to a daughter of Ahab (bat-'ah'ab (II Ki. 8: 18; II Chron. 21: 16)) so, unless the latter reference indicates that Jehoram was married also to an unnamed daughter of Ahab, it must mean that she is also described as the daughter of Ahab.
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- The Cambridge Ancient History , pp. 488 - 510Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1982