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Because the stele coincides the death of the Davidic king with the death of [Jeho]ram, the king of the Kingdom of Samaria, scholars have reconstructed the second slain king as Ahaziah of Judah, the only king contemporary to Jehoram with a name ending in -yah. Jeroboam I was not from the line of David. God does what He says He will because He is Who He claims to be. The Queen Mother Athaliah decided to get rid of the entire royal line and take the crown herself. Sidonians was another name for the Phoenicians, that seafaring people on the Mediterranean coast who occupied the great cities of Tyre and Sidon. [1 Kings 22] The Hebrew Bible says that dogs licked his blood, according to the prophecy of Elijah. He will not only enable you to carry through with your decision to act in love, but He will give you genuine delight in doing His will. ". The Levites had always been excluded from the Israelite monarchy, so when the Maccabees assumed the throne in order to rededicate the defiled Second Temple, a cardinal rule was broken. The Exilarchate in Mesopotamia was officially restored after the Arab conquest in the 7th century and continued to function during the early Caliphates. 80. All that remains of the name is the final syllable, the extremely common theophoric suffix -yah. Jewish Quarterly Review, hereafter "J. Q. R.", xv. 1:12; Coniah, Jer. David had at least 8 wives and at least 10 concubines (1 Samuel 18:27; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 11:26-27; 15:16). 21:1). As the boy-king grew under Jehoiadas tutelage, he did what was right. - And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead. The Cross And Unjust Suffering (1 Peter 2:19-25), Living in Love: Secrets from Bible Marriages. 24:17). Do you feel that your mate is infringing on any of your inviolable rights? According to scholars within Orthodox Judaism, this is considered to have contributed to their downfall and the eventual downfall of Judea; internal strife allowing for Roman occupation and the violent installation of Herod the Great as client king over the Roman province of Judea; and the subsequent destruction of the Second Temple by the future Emperor Titus. The existence of Ahab is historically supported outside the Bible. God desired Joashs obedience. 118, Warsaw, 1889), Micah was buried in Chesil, a town in southern Judah (Josh. So it was that the evil influence moved south. [3], King Omri, Ahab's father and founder of the short-lived Omri dynasty, seems to have been a successful military leader; he is reported in the text of the Moabite Mesha Stele to have "oppressed Moab for many days." 22:52, 53). At Jehorams death, his son by Athaliah became king of Judah. All rights reserved. Joash did right in Gods eyes for as long as Jehoiada lived, but he allowed sacrifices and burned incense in places God did not honor. Joash had been under the guidance of godliness long enough that he would have known idol worship was wrong. At Joashs command, Zechariah was stoned. Scripture says, When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head, and looked out the window (2 Kgs. A descendant of Issachar: One of the sons of Izrahiah, a descendant of Issachar, was called Obadiah. His great kingdom, enlarged and more richly endowed by his son Solomon, had been fractured into two weakened fragments. He didnt need to listen. Ask your mate what he or she thinks, then prayerfully consider the answer. Biblical Data: Son of Ahaziah and Zibiah of Beer-sheba; eighth king of Judah (II Kings xii. 5. The second son to reign was Jehoram. She got him to build a house for Baal beside the palace in Samaria, as well as an Ashtoreth, that is, an idol of the fertility goddess. 2 Kings 11:1. Athaliah was queen of Judah from 841-835 BC and the only female monarch to sit on David's throne in biblical history. Sanh. His plan was for Jesus to be heir to Davids throne. 2 . A widely spread traditional Christian interpretation relates the non-continuation of the main Davidic line from Solomon to the godlessness of the line of Jehoiachin which started in the early 500s BC, when Jeremiah cursed the main branch of the Solomonic line, by saying that no descendant of "[Je]Coniah" would ever reign on the throne of Israel again (Jeremiah 22:30). 13:5), but have only self-love which insists on its own rights and demands its own way. The New Testament provides two accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, one in the Gospel of Matthew and another in the Gospel of Luke. The Talmud legends, curiously enough, reckon eight prophets among her descendants, including Jeremiah and Baruch, but not any of the line of David. Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab king of Israel (2 Kings 8:18; 2 Chronicles 21:6; 22:2-3). According to the Bible, David, of the Tribe of Judah, was the third king of the United Monarchy of Israel and Judah. Proud member (1-11) Ahab's descendants are executed at Jezreel. This kingdom was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 8th century BCE which exiled much of the Northern Kingdom population and ended its sovereign status. Joash was the only descendant of the house of David living at the time of Ahaziah's death that escaped slaughter at the hand of his grandmother Athaliah.Only a year old when the royal family was exterminated, he with his nurse was concealed by his paternal aunt . [a] Ahab lived in Samaria, the royal capital established by Omri, and built a temple and altar to Baal there. Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1997, nos. ", "We Are Family: King David's Descendants Gather for 'Reunion', "The Real Messiah A Jewish Response to Missionaries", "David, Prophetic Figure of the Last Days", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Davidic_line&oldid=1148547226, This page was last edited on 6 April 2023, at 20:51. 1, 2). But Ahabs self-will becomes even more evident in an incident involving the king and his vegetable garden. She knew what was about to happen, but she was going to die like a queen, arrogant, self-willed and unrepentant to the end. Jehoshaphat was a direct descendant of David and ruled Judah. What clues help you recognize your rising self-will? Mom to four, grandma to 14, and wife to her one and only love, Sylvia enjoys writing about all of them. One of them was the husband in the next marital relationship we want to study. Omri, Hebrew Amri, (reigned 876-869 or c. 884-c. 872 bce), king of Israel, father of Ahab, and founder of a dynasty that remained in power for some 50 years. The information in the article above and shown in Jehoshaphats family tree can be found in the Bible books of Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles and Jeremiah. Joash established a voluntary donation system which provided abundantly for the necessary restoration. All the latter turned from idolaters into worshipers of the God of Israel (Tanna debe Eliyahu, i. They obviously know very little of Gods love which does not seek its own (1 Cor. He was pastor of Emmanuel Faith Community Church in Escondido, CA from 1972 to 1993 when the Lord called him home. Because Jews have historically believed that the Messiah will be a male-line descendant of David, the lineage of Jesus is sometimes cited as a reason why Jews do not believe that he was the Messiah. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. x. . See also the Wikipedia article Kings of Israel and Judah. After Ahab's death, Jehu killed Jezebel (2 Kings 9) and all of Ahab's descendants (2 Kings 10). One of the most notable of those was Hillel the Elder, who moved to Judea from his birthplace in Babylon. God sent prophets to pull Joash back from sliding into the same sins as his forefathers committed. Articles on this site summarise the research we do in writing our Bible-based fiction. Not satisfied to establish her religion in Israel, Jezebel sought to stamp out every remnant of Jehovah worship and to kill every true prophet of God. A descendant of David: The son of Arnan and father of Shecanian was named Obadiah. In David's case, this was done by the prophet Samuel. The king of Judah called Jehoahaz was also known as Shallum, a name he shared with an earlier king of Israel. David was the great grandson of Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:13-22). This article is part of our People from the Bible Series featuring the most well-known historical names and figures from Scripture. His reign was slightly more emphasized upon than the previous kings, due to his blatant trivialization of the "sins of Jeroboam", which the previous kings of Israel were plagued by, and his subsequent marriage with a pagan princess, the nationwide institution of Baal worship, the persecution of Yahweh's prophets and Naboth's shocking murder. Abijah/Abijam was the son of Maacah, the daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20-22), who was the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3). Joashs departure from God eventually brought judgment on him. 4 and 3 respectively; Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200539 B.C.E. God gave him a great victory when he called down fire from heaven upon Mount Carmel. God wants to break our sinful, stubborn wills. [1], Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Asa of Judah, and reigned for twenty-two years, according to 1 Kings. 102b; Yer. A man will do strange things when he is taunted and ridiculed by his wife. The New Testament books of Matthew and Luke give two different accounts of the genealogy of Jesus that trace back to David. The Hebrew Bible presents Ahab as a wicked king. There are conflicting accounts of the fate of the Exilarch family in the 11th century; according to one version Hezekiah ben David, who was the last Exilarch and also the last Gaon, was imprisoned and tortured to death. David merely sat upon the Eternal's throne. [7] Uzziah may also be mentioned in the annals of Tiglath-Pileser III; however, the texts are largely fragmentary. Interestingly, two of the sons had the same name: Azariah. You'll get a new micro-tale, or an informative article every week, as well as occasional special offers from Bible Tales Online. The southern kingdom of Judah, if not actually . It was several years later when that judgment came on Ahab, and it too is a story of self-will. After Uzziah, each successive king of Judah is attested to in some form, with the exception of Amon of Judah: Jotham, Uzziah's successor, is named on the seals of his own son and successor, Ahaz,[9] who ruled from 732 to 716 BCE. Joash had ruled Judah for 40 years. These families had special rights in Narbonne, Barcelona, and Castile. 9:26). He enquired the people, 'What is wrong?' Richard, was a 1954 graduate of Wheaton College, and received his Th.M. How can a husband help her? Joashs murderous grandmother, Athaliah was the daughter of the infamous Israelite pair, King Ahab and Jezebel. But the Septuagint adds that pigs also licked his blood, symbolically making him unclean to the Israelites, who abstained from pork. 22:7). After slaying King Jehoram, the son of Ahab, he rode to Jezreel. The king of Phoenicia was not only the political leader of his people, he was also the high priest of their religion, as his name Ethbaal implies. Be honest with Him. Sylvia Schroeder loves connecting Gods Word with real life and writing about it. He is also mentioned on the inscriptions of the Mesha Stele. Joashs story could have ended much differently had he made different choices. [1 Kings 16:29] William F. Albright dated his reign to 869850 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele offered the dates 874853 BC. While Joash had godly influences around him, he chose wisely and served well. On the other hand, excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa[20] and Eglon,[21] as well as structures from Hazor, Gezer, Megiddo and other sites conventionally dated to the 10th century BCE, are interpreted by many scholars to show that Judah was capable of accommodating large-scale urban societies centuries before minimalist scholars claim,[22][23][24] and some have taken the physical archaeology of tenth-century Canaan as consistent with the former existence of a unified state on its territory,[25] as archaeological findings demonstrate substantial development and growth at several sites, plausibly related to the tenth century. They believe that they are right and others are wrong, and they are determined to have everything their way. Now a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor (1 Kgs. In the 11th-15th century, families that descended from the Exilarchs that lived in the South of France (Narbonne and Provence) and in northern Iberian peninsula (Barcelona, Aragon and Castile) received the title "Nasi" in the communities and were called "free men". Atlanta, 2004, 15359, 219. In modern terms, that might sound more like, What are you, a man or a mouse? Ahaz (Hebrew: , z, "has held"; Greek: , Akhaz; Latin: Achaz) an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II (of Judah), "Yahweh has held" (Hebrew: , Modern: Yh'aaz, Tiberian: Yh'z; Akkadian: Ya'azi [ia--a-zi]) was the twelfth king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham. According to "Gelilot Ere Yisrael" (quoted in "Seder ha-Dorot," i. But the story is not over. God only knows how many generations will be affected by our sinful self-will, our insistence on having things our way instead of Gods. Answer. The grandson of Hezekiah ben David through his eldest son David ben Chyzkia, Hiyya al-Daudi, died in 1154 in Castile according to Abraham ibn Daud and is the ancestor of the ibn Yahya family. Because you have forsaken theLord, he has forsaken you 2 Chronicles 24:20 ESV. The Beginner's Guide. [53] Some Christian commentators also believe that this same "curse" is the reason why Zerubbabel, the rightful Solomonic king during the time of Nehemiah, was not given a kingship under the Persian empire.[54]. But instead of wearing a crown and sitting on a throne, Zerubbabel was the humble governor of a ", Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Bihr al-Anwr, Dar Al-Rida Publication, Beirut, (1983), volume 30 page 99, Jehoram's reign in Israel saw three kings of Judah , 'Unambiguous' as Ahaziah's name on the Tel Dan Stele is incomplete, and there is no explicit confirmation that the apical ancestor David of, kings of Judah, along with the kings of Israel, Claim of the biblical descent of the Bagrationi dynasty, First Impression: What We Learn from King Ahaz's Seal, "Biblical King's seal discovered in dump site", King Hezekiah's Seal Bears Phoenician Imagery, 2,600-year old seal discovered in City of David, "Archaeology and the Biblical Narrative: The Case of the United Monarchy", "Journal 124: Khirbat Qeiyafa preliminary report", "Proof of King David? My Way The Story of Ahab and Jezebel. Later rabbinical authorities grant the office of exilarch to family members that traced its patrilineal[29] descent from David, King of Israel. Jehoidas son, Zechariah came before the king and confronted him about his actions. Connect with Sylvia on her blog, When the House is Quiet, her Facebook page, orTwitter. Jehoram/Joram had more than one wife (exact number unknown) (2 Chronicles 21:17). So Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him . And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no food (1 Kgs. Jehoshebas husband was Jehoida, the High-Priest. He is Micaiah son of Imlah (1 Kgs. [39] The Jewish banking family Louis Cahen d'Anvers claimed descent from the Davidic Line[40] Rabbi Yosef Dayan, who is a modern-day claimant to the Davidic throne in Israel and the founder of the Monarchist party Malchut Israel, descends from the Dayan family of Aleppo, who paternally descend from Hasan ben Zakkai, the younger brother of the Exilarch David I (d. 940). 11a), ruler over the whole world. (On Athaliah, see the comment upon 2 Kings 8:18. Ahab decided he wanted Naboths property, so he went to him and said, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden because it is close beside my house, and I will give you a better vineyard than it in its place; if you like, I will give you the price of it in money (1 Kgs. Jehoram ( Hebrew: Yhrm; also Joram) was the ninth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel ( 2 Kings 8:16, 2 Kings 8:25-28 ). Zechariahs reprimand didnt sit well with Joash. When the right time came in Joashs seventh year, Jehoida initiated a well-thought-through coup. The Life of Ruth - 5 Essential Faith Lessons, The Greatest Villain - King Nebuchadnezzar, Why Everyone Should Know about Joash, the Boy-King Who Survived a Massacre. It is never easy to admit when we have sinned. So idols of both Baal and Ashtoreth stood side by side in their temples and were worshiped by priests and temple prostitutes with lewd dances and sacred orgies, with the hope that their god and goddess would follow their example and increase the productivity of their agriculture, their animals, and their children. 22:8). 2; Tosef., Sanh. Dont listen to bad advice. As recorded in 2 Kings 9:30-34, Jehu had his servants throw Jezebel out of a window, causing her death. The third is again between Ahab and an unnamed prophet who condemns Ahab for his actions in a battle that had just taken place. Her mother may have been Ahabs wife Jezebel the Sidonian (and her behaviour was very similar), but we do not know. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines (2 Chronicles 11:21). While Joash lay on his bed wounded, they killed him. But they react differently when they do not get it. The Stepped Stone Structure and Large Stone Structure in Jerusalem, assuming Eilat Mazar's contested stratigraphic dating of the structures to the Iron Age I is accurate, show that Jerusalem was at least somewhat populated in King David's time, and lends some credence to the biblical claim that Jerusalem was originally a Canaanite fortress; however, Jerusalem seems to have been barely developed until long after David's death,[19] bringing into question the possibility that it could have been the imperial capital described in the Bible. So he explained to her how Naboth refused to let him have his vegetable garden. Athaliahs bloody killing spree missed one heir. However, The Jewish Quarterly Review mentions that Hezekiah was liberated from prison, and became head of the academy, and is mentioned as such by a contemporary in 1046. The influences in our lives matter. 22:17). But go back to Ahab and his vegetable garden for a moment. Ahab knew the Syrians would be after him personally, so he removed his royal garments and disguised himself as a regular soldier. Choose carefully what andwho you allow to influence you. By Mark Morgan 21:5). The Quran mentions the House of David once: "Work, O family of David, in gratitude. Hence, the name of Ahab in the list of wicked kings was changed to Ahaz (Yer. We discover how thoroughly this weak and wicked man was dominated by his overbearing wife when she said, Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite (1 Kgs. Athaliah was the daughter of either king Omri, or of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, the queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram, a descendant of King David, and later queen regnant 841-835 BCE. The incident started over a city east of Jordan called Ramoth-Gilead, which Ahab said belonged to Israel but was still in the hands of Syria. Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. i. When Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, came to visit Ahab, he asked him if he would go to battle with him for Ramoth-Gilead. She slaughtered all the royal heirs, or so she thought. It was also how God worked in mysterious ways to preserve Davids throne. [50], Orthodox views have generally held that the Messiah will be a patrilineal descendant of King David,[51] and will gather the Jews back into the Land of Israel, usher in an era of peace, build the Third Temple, father a male heir, re-institute the Sanhedrin, and so on. Accept godly reproval. The people rejoiced to have their legitimate king take the throne. 22:24, 28), and therefore of the royal line of David. 170 0 obj <>stream Some prophets survived by compromising their convictions and turning into yes men for Ahab. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Baal worship was introduced by Omri., Every living descendant of Jeroboam was killed by Baasha., Asa sternly and aggressively attacked the immorality and idolatry in Judah. [12] Naboth's soul was the lying spirit that was permitted to deceive Ahab to his death.[13]. Shortly after his marriage to Jezebel, Ahab not only beautified the palace at Samaria so that it came to be called the ivory house (1 Kgs. These are possible confusions because ancient societies are viewed from a modern perspective. Joram "did evil in the sight of the Lord" ( 2 Chronicles 21:6 ). That is how Jezebel happened to move to Samaria, the capital of Israel, and there is only one way to describe it a whirlwind hit Israel. What kind of a man are you? So he showed her by roughing her up a little, and then by turning to cheating and stealing to make ends meet. Like Manasseh, he was made a type of repentance (I Kings, xxi. [3][4][5] The Christian gospels claim that Jesus descends from the Davidic line and is therefore the legitimate Hebrew Messiah. Then she brought 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Ashtoreth from Phoenicia, housed them in the palace, and fed them in royal style. 25:23-34). With unyielding obstinacy they keep demanding their own way and looking for every possible means and method of doing or having what they want. The Bible records his rise to power in 1 Kings 11:26-14:20. Accordingly, he is described as undergoing fasts and penances for a long time; praying thrice a day to God for forgiveness, until his prayer was heard (Pire R. El. Does the Bible Condemn Using Tarot Cards? Athaliah was the daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, and she married Jehoram, the eldest son of Judah's King Jehoshophat. Maybe the husband will not let his wife buy something she thinks she has a right to have, or the wife prepares an absolutely terrible dinner on the very day hubby is expecting his favorite dish. He reigned for 22 years, from 930-909 BC. Talmudic literature represents him as an enthusiastic idolater who left no hilltop in the Land of Israel without an idol before which he bowed, and to which he or his wife, Jezebel, brought his weight in gold as a daily offering.
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