Throughout the tangled history of Israel and Judahs kings and kingdoms, God did indeed work in mysterious ways. [3][4][5] The Christian gospels claim that Jesus descends from the Davidic line and is therefore the legitimate Hebrew Messiah. I dont want her. Several families, as late as the 14th century, traced their descent back to Josiah, the brother of David ben Zakkai who had been banished to Chorasan (see the genealogies in [Lazarus 1890] pp. He was pastor of Emmanuel Faith Community Church in Escondido, CA from 1972 to 1993 when the Lord called him home. Six were murdered by the oldest son Jehoram/Joram after he became king. He didnt need to listen. We sometimes say with tongue in cheek, God works in mysterious ways. This was true for the boy-king Joash of the royal line of Judah. 24:17). Ahab called his yes men together and they assured him that the Lord would give Ramoth-Gilead into the hand of the king. 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. Ahaziah king of Judah reigned for one year, while Ahaziah king of Israel reigned for two years. And the king listened to them (2 Chron. The name Joash is not an uncommon Bible name. This stubborn, headstrong, self-willed wife of Ahab brought disruption and distress to Israel for years to come. And Ahab replied, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Their duties would have been to promote the worship of Baal and Ashtoreth throughout the land. Though held up as a warning to sinners, Ahab is also described as displaying noble traits of character (Sanh. Instead, he reacted with offense. 22:17). 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. You can take anything you want. With her Phoenician background, Jezebel could not seem to understand that even the king in Israel was subject to the laws of God. The Beginner's Guide. And the evil influence lived on! King Jehoshaphat was a descendant of King David, from the tribe of Judah, and began to reign over Judah about 100 years after the death of King David. [4], Ahab was one of the three or four wicked kings of Israel singled out by tradition as being excluded from the future world of bliss (Sanh. According to the Tanakh, upon being chosen and becoming king, one was customarily anointed with holy oil poured on one's head. 2 Kings 11:1. | Joash refused to listen to Gods reprimand and change course from his sin. Her mother may have been Ahabs wife Jezebel the Sidonian (and her behaviour was very similar), but we do not know. ), Richard L. Strauss authored nine books, and served as pastor of churches in Fort Worth, TX, Huntsville, AL. Jehoram of Israel. Hence, the name of Ahab in the list of wicked kings was changed to Ahaz (Yer. At Joashs command, Zechariah was stoned. 11a), ruler over the whole world. In the Biblical text, Ahab has five important encounters with prophets: After some years, Ahab with Jehoshaphat of Judah went to recover Ramoth-Gilead from the Arameans. 1. 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. (Called also Jehoash.) King David had been absent from the scene of Hebrew history for about 135 years when this story opens. Ahab, and Jehu, but the southern kingdom of Judah, which is said to be a descendant of David, was independent The second son to reign was Jehoram. According to some Islamic sources, some of the Jewish settlers in Arabia were of the Davidic line, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi recorded: "A Jewish man from the Davidic line entered Medina and found the people in deep sorrow. And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did (for Ahabs daughter was his wife), and he did evil in the sight of the Lord (2 Chron. The Latter Day Saint movement accepts Christ as the "Stem of Jesse" and the Messiah. Joram did evil in the sight of the Lord (2 Chronicles 21:6). The southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained loyal to the House of David, and this kingdom came to be known as the Kingdom of Judah. The king of Judah called Jehoahaz was also known as Shallum, a name he shared with an earlier king of Israel. Jeroboam I was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, which included ten (ish) of Israel's twelve tribes. (1958 More. All subsequent kings in both the ancient first united Kingdom of Israel and the later Kingdom of Judah claimed direct descent from King David to validate their claim to the throne in order to rule over the Israelite tribes. God is faithful to do what He promises. [1 Kings 16:29] William F. Albright dated his reign to 869850 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele offered the dates 874853 BC. Dont listen to bad advice. 9:26). Money, relationships, addictions, and power can be idols that vie for our affections and gain control over us. God wants to break our sinful, stubborn wills. And his mothers name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Onui. His denunciation of the royal dynasty of Israel and his emphatic insistence on the worship of Yahweh and Yahweh alone, illustrated by the contest between Yahweh and Baal on Mount Carmel,[1 Kings 18] form the keynote to a period that culminated in the accession of Jehu, an event in which Elijah's chosen disciple Elisha was the leading figure and the Omride Dynasty was brutally defeated. When Athaliah heard the ruckus and saw the king standing by a pillar in the temple, she cried out, Treason! He was the son of Ahab and Jezebel, and brother to Ahaziah and Athaliah . But the Septuagint adds that pigs also licked his blood, symbolically making him unclean to the Israelites, who abstained from pork. [2] Most recently, Michael Coogan has dated Ahab's reign to 871852 BC. Listening bred temptation which birthed disobedience. 0 1:12; Coniah, Jer. A man will do strange things when he is taunted and ridiculed by his wife. Even though we may not see a full picture of what He is accomplishing, we can always be confident He is faithful to His promises in all He does. The Hasmoneans, also known as the Maccabees, established their own monarchy in Judea following their revolt against the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty. We have compiled these articles to help you study those whom God chose to set before us as examples in His Word. [1 Kings 22:39] Adherents of the Yahwist religion found their principal champion in Elijah. 22:8). Matthew starts with Abraham, while Luke begins with Adam.The lists are identical between Abraham and David, but differ radically from that point.Matthew has twenty-seven generations from David to Joseph, whereas Luke has forty-two, with almost no overlap between . His great kingdom, enlarged and more richly endowed by his son Solomon, had been fractured into two weakened fragments. There areseveral different men by that name in the Old Testament. [1 Kings 22] The Hebrew Bible says that dogs licked his blood, according to the prophecy of Elijah. 170 0 obj <>stream 28b; Tanna debe Eliyahu Rabba ix, Zua xxiv.). God desired Joashs obedience. David merely sat upon the Eternal's throne. [10][pageneeded]. Joash had ruled Judah for 40 years. hb```f``|2@q61000Hh&p4p4x@ pH X$LrDCJ,Ef,``^,1d.fb`` @f"} ! 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. The Lord did see. Copyright 2023, Bible Tales (a division of WaterSums: ABN 41506900240). Secondly, since Jesus was David's lawful fleshly Son [literal descendant of David], this same throne shall once more become His right by inheritance, continuing David's dynasty. When he died, Scripture says it was "to no one's sorrow" ( 2 Chronicles 21:20 ). 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. [52], Another Christian interpretation emphasizes the minor, non-royal, line of David through Solomon's brother Nathan as it is recorded in the Gospel of Luke chapter 3 (entirely undocumented in the Hebrew Bible), which is often understood to be the family tree of Mary's father. Kings over Judah and Israel shared a few names: Now available with pre-order savings here. 9. xi. Nevertheless, he paid great respect to the representatives of learning, "to the Torah given in twenty-two letters," for which reason he was permitted to reign for twenty-two successive years. 22:39), but he also built a second palace in Jezreel, twenty-five miles to the north, in an area of a more moderate climate in the wintertime. "Solomon's stables" (or Ahab's), "King Solomon's mines" at Timna - and there are some who are still hard at work and have found Mount Sinai (at Mount Karkoum in the Negev) or Joshua's altar at Mount Ebal. Israel's Wicked Queen. Squeak up! Jehoram was the last of Ahab and Jezebel's children to be king over Israel. 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. All that remains of the name is the final syllable, the extremely common theophoric suffix -yah. 22:24, 28), and therefore of the royal line of David. According to 2 Kings, 2 Kings 8:16, in the fifth year of Jehoram of Israel, (another) Jehoram became . And this is often the saddest side effect of lives like Ahabs and Jezebels. "[57] and mentions David himself sixteen times. SBL Academia Biblica 12. Does God Really Work All Things Together for Good? King David, Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa and then Jehoshaphat: this is Jehoshaphats family tree. He also served as emissary between Ahab and the prophet Elijah (1 Kings 18:1-16). Ashtoreth was considered to be the mother-goddess of fertility. 126 0 obj <> endobj [47][48][49] The Messiah is often referred to as "King Messiah", or, in Hebrew, (melekh mashiach), and, in Aramaic, malka meshia. I suppose everyone has a few relatives in their closet theyd like to keep the door shut on, but Joash came from a long line of notoriously wicked people. Naboth declined the offer, just as he should have done, for God had forbidden the Jews to sell their paternal inheritance (Lev. In modern terms, that might sound more like, What are you, a man or a mouse? Sidonians was another name for the Phoenicians, that seafaring people on the Mediterranean coast who occupied the great cities of Tyre and Sidon. Jeroboam I was not from the line of David. Do you feel that your mate is infringing on any of your inviolable rights? And again, everyone in the family suffered. The Northing Kingdom had 9 ruling dynasties while the Southern Kingdom was ruled only be the descendants of King David. Do you seem to be demanding your own way much of the time? 2:25, Heb. Jehoshaphat was a direct descendant of David and ruled Judah. It was a violent death, but it illustrated again the seriousness of sinful self-will in opposition to God. 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. Aabbu; Greek: ; Latin: Achab) was the seventh king of Israel since Jeroboam I, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Scriptures. All the latter turned from idolaters into worshipers of the God of Israel (Tanna debe Eliyahu, i. [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." He could have acknowledged his sin and repented when confronted. We expect almost anything from a man that degenerate, and are not surprised to read, And it came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him (1 Kgs. The southern kingdom of Judah, if not actually . It was the lowest point in the godly prophets great career. Ahaziah also died after a short reign, leaving no one in the immediate royal family left to take the throne. Given the central place of the . R. xiv). By Mark Morgan King David had been absent from the scene of Hebrew history for about 135 years when this story opens. For as long as Jehoiada lived, he continued to instruct and mentor Joash. Jezebel's death, however, was more dramatic than Ahab's. Luke twice intimates Mary's descent from David: first in the words of the angel to Mary (1:32), and again in recording that Mary went to register in the city of David (2:5). Shed love to tell you about it over a steaming cup of cappuccino. Confounding him with Micaiah, son of Imlah,[1 Kings 22:8] he states that Micah, for his inauspicious prophecy, was killed by order of Ahab through being thrown from a precipice, and was buried at Morathi (Maroth? Ahab knew the Syrians would be after him personally, so he removed his royal garments and disguised himself as a regular soldier. It is never easy to admit when we have sinned. [33] Similarly Maimonides claimed 37 generations between him and Simeon ben Judah ha-Nasi, who was also a fourth-generation descendant of Gamaliel. 21:7). Israel would be scattered on the mountains like sheep without a shepherd (1 Kgs. While the forceful ones rant and rave, strike out at those who stand in their way, throw fits and destroy things, the weak ones sulk and pout and fret like spoiled children. For the survival of those around us, for the happiness of our mates and for harmony in our marriages, we must face up to every trace of stubborn self-will and claim Gods grace to deal with it. 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. The Cross And Separation From The World (1 Peter 4:1-6), 7. His plan was for Jesus to be heir to Davids throne. 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. Jehoidas son, Zechariah came before the king and confronted him about his actions. 1. [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). Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines (2 Chronicles 11:21). While Joash lay on his bed wounded, they killed him. 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. Ahab, also spelled Achab, (flourished 9th century bce), seventh king of the northern kingdom of Israel (reigned 874-c. 853 bce), according to the Bible, and son of King Omri. [34] Meir Perels traced the ancestry of Judah Loew ben Bezalel to the Hai Gaon through Judah Loew's alleged great-great-grandfather Judah Leib the Elder and therefore also from the Davidic dynasty; however, this claim is widely disputed, by many scholars such as Otto Muneles. Joash's murderous grandmother, Athaliah was the daughter of the infamous Israelite pair, King Ahab and Jezebel. Joash the king of Israel reigned from 798-782 BC. How can a husband help her? He wanted another opinion: Is there not yet a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of him? (1 Kgs.