1.47 Calamities of the Two Kingdoms

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 January 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Under the house of Jehu, the northern kingdom of Israel is assailed by the big bully Assyria and the little bully Aram-Damascus. I follow Jehu's dynasty for 90 years, through the reigns of Jehoahaz and Joash to Jeroboam II. The famous Tel Dan stele has a lot to say about that. The kings of Judah get a big helping hand from the Assyrians in their squabbles against Israel. Meanwhile, in Israel, Athaliah, only queen regnant of a Hebrew kingdom, gets killed by the patriarchy. The priests destroy their own puppet King Jehoash when he stops the gravy train. But his son Amaziah gets his revenge.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Gary Stevens, and welcome to the History in the Bible podcast.
0:24.8	All the history, in all the books, in all the Bibles.
0:46.1	Thank you. Episode 1.47. Calamities of the two kingdoms.
0:53.8	Happy New Year. Happy birthday to me and welcome to the third year of the History in the Bible podcast. Thanks for all your support.
0:57.2	In the last episode of the History in the Bible, we finished with Jihu's successful coup against
1:03.7	both Hebrew kings in 840 or 839 BC. The new king had a little time to enjoy his new position.
1:13.9	In one of the last monuments,
1:16.1	erected during his long rule,
1:18.7	the Assyrian king,
1:19.9	Shalmanesa III,
1:21.7	created a handsome two-meter high
1:23.9	black limestone obelisk
1:26.1	to record his last campaign in the Levant in 838 BC.
1:31.9	That was the second or third year of Jehu's reign.
1:36.7	This obelisk contains the earliest known depiction of an Israelite.
1:41.8	It is not flattering.
1:48.0	In exquisite detail, the cartoon strip images show Jehu grovelling at the great king's feet. The inscription says,
1:54.5	Quote, the tribute of Jehu, son of Omri. I received from him silver, gold, a golden bowl, a golden vase we've pointed
2:05.1	bottom, golden tumblers, golden buckets, tin, a staff for a king and spears. End quote.
2:15.6	Not a great start to Arraign.
2:18.9	Shalmanesa III was the last Assyrian king to vex the Levant for decades.
2:25.5	For the next 30 years, the Assyrians were preoccupied with a bigger menace in the form of the kingdom of Iratu to their north.
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