Jehu
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,
Who [are] ye? And they answered, We [are] the brethren of
Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and
the children of the queen....
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And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready.
And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met
him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite....
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And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of
Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And
they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was
full from one end to another....
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(Hebrew: יֵהוּא, Modern Yehu Tiberian Yēhû ; "Yahweh is He")
was a king of Israel. He was the son of Jehoshaphat [1], and
grandson of Nimshi.
William F. Albright has dated his reign to 842-815 BC, while
E. R. Thiele offers the dates 841-814 BC.[2] The principal
source for the events of his reign comes from 2 Kings 9-10......
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je'-hu (yehu; meaning uncertain, perhaps "Yahweh is he"; 1
Ki 19:16,17; 2 Ki 9; 10; Eiou): Son of Jehoshaphat, and
descendant of Nimshi, hence, commonly called "the son of
Nimshi"; 10th king of Israel, and founder of its IVth
Dynasty. Jehu reign for 28 years. His accession may be
reckoned at circa 752 BC (some date a few years later).
1. Offic...
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-1. The prophet wbo announced the wrath of Jehovah against
Baasha, king of Israel
1Ki 16:1,7,12; 2Ch 19:2; 20:34
-2. Son of Nimshi, king of Israel
1Ki 19:16; 2Ki 9:1-14
Religious zeal of, in killing idolaters
2Ki 9:14-37; 10:1-28; 2Ch 22:8,9
His territory invaded by Hazael, king of Syria
2Ki 10:32,33
Prophecies concerning
1Ki 19:17; 2Ki 1...
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(the living).
1. The founder of the fifth dynasty of the kingdom
of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat. 2Ki 9:2 He reigned over
Israel 28 years, B.C. 884-856. His first appearance in
history is when he heard the warning of Elijah against the
murderer of Naboth. 2Ki 9:25 In the reigns of Ahaziah and
Jehoram, Jehu rose to importance. He was, under the ...
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Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah
(1
Chr. 2:38).
(2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David
at Ziklag
(1 Chr. 12:3).
(3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 Kings
16:1, 7; 2
Chr. 19:2; 20:34), who pronounced the sentence of
God against
Baasha, the king of Israel.
(4.) King of Israel, the son of Je...
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