Of him God says, And he did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. 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. [3][4][5] The Christian gospels claim that Jesus descends from the Davidic line and is therefore the legitimate Hebrew Messiah. Then by an act of your will, determine to do the loving thing. She slaughtered all the royal heirs, or so she thought. That step of faith will open the channel of Gods power. One of Hasan's descendants Solomon ben Azariah ha-Nasi settled in Aleppo were the family became Dayan's (judges) of the city and thus adopted the surname Dayan. The New Testament provides two accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, one in the Gospel of Matthew and another in the Gospel of Luke. 1 Kings 16:28-34. The Hebrew Bible presents Ahab as a wicked king. Interestingly, two of the sons had the same name: Azariah. After Ahab's death, Jehu killed Jezebel (2 Kings 9) and all of Ahab's descendants (2 Kings 10). We sometimes think life happens and we groan and moan for the way of it, but we often live the consequences of choice. God had made a covenant with David. Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Descendants. The people with whom Joash surrounded himself impacted the entire kingdom. It was the lowest point in the godly prophets great career. All that remains of the name is the final syllable, the extremely common theophoric suffix -yah. 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. 2 Kings 11:1 - Bible Hub In reality, however, the number of chariots in Ahab's forces was probably closer to a number in the hundreds (based upon archaeological excavations of the area and the foundations of stables that have been found). My Way The Story of Ahab and Jezebel. For one thing, he had willfully entered a marriage that was politically convenient, but contrary to every word from God. [32] Sylvia is co-author of a devotional book and her writing is included in several book compilations. Copyright 2023, Bible Tales (a division of WaterSums: ABN 41506900240). [29] The position holder was regarded as a king-in-waiting, residing in Babylonia in the Achaemenid Empire as well as during the classic era. 2 Kings 11:1. 21:1). Yet their influence lived on in their children. 10). According to the Bible, David, of the Tribe of Judah, was the third king of the United Monarchy of Israel and Judah. 9:33). Biblical Data: Son of Ahaziah and Zibiah of Beer-sheba; eighth king of Judah (II Kings xii. 1, 2). The fourth is when Elijah confronts Ahab over his role in the unjust execution of, This page was last edited on 9 April 2023, at 21:33. But the high places were not taken away (2 Kings 12:3). Proud member What Every Christian Should Know about the Protestant Reformation. Talk to the Lord about it. The family tree of David (whose descendants became the royal family of the kingdom of Judah) contains quite a few women who were not Jewish. She replied, Do you now reign over Israel? (1 Kgs. 1. Because hed hadZechariah put to death, his own servants conspired against him. [8][c] Additionally, a tombstone dated to the Second Temple Period claiming to mark the grave (or, reburial) site of Uzziah, was discovered in a convent on the Mount of Olives in 1931, but there is no way of determining if the remains were genuinely Uzziah's as the stone had to have been carved more than 700 years after Uzziah died and was originally interred, and the tablet's provenance remains a mystery.