Episode C17 – The House of Omri

The Ancient World

Scott C.

History

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🗓️ 11 December 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Synopsis: Political intrigues in Iron Age Israel end with the rise of King Omri. The kingdoms of Hamath and Aram-Damascus leverage military power and regional diplomacy to prepare for the coming of Shalmaneser. “I am Urahilina, son of Paritas, king of Hamath…I made my own seat for every single god. But this seat I built for Ba’alat, and I put my name and Ba’alat’s on it…During the time of my father and grandfather, the temple of Ba’alat lacked income. They did not burn the burnt offering, a sacrificial ox, up and down to the god. But myself, in my times, it shall not lack income.” – Building inscription of King Urahilina of Hamath, recording the construction and endowment of a temple to the goddess Ba’alat Map of the Early Iron Age Near East: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Map_Near_East.jpg Map of Early Iron Age Southern Syria and Canaan: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Map_Canaan.jpg The Kings of Syria and Canaan: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Season_3_King_List.pdf Episode Images: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/C17_Images.pdf References and Further Reading: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/C17_References.pdf Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, this is Scott.
0:03.9	If you're a fan of the ancient world, please support the Patreon page at patreon.com forward
0:10.5	slash the ancient world.
0:13.5	Thanks again for listening.
0:31.0	In the late 10th century BC, any hopes or plans for a re-unified Israel met their end on the battlefield.
0:40.0	At the Battle of Mount Zemarame, King Jeroboam of Israel squared off against Rehoboam's son,
0:47.0	King Abijah of Judah.
0:50.0	Abijah dealt Jeroboam a staggering defeat, and could have proceeded to march up North and claim all of Israelite territory.
0:59.0	Instead, the victorious Judean King only annexed a few border cities.
1:06.0	Whatever fault lines had formed between the two kingdoms, religious, political, tribal, or otherwise,
1:13.0	had already grown into chasms.
1:16.0	Around 900 BC, an Israelite general named Basha usurped the throne by assassinating Jeroboam's son, King Nadab,
1:26.0	then slaughtering all of his line.
1:30.0	Conflict soon flared up between Basha and the latest Judean king, Asa, the son of Abijah.
1:37.0	If you look at the hypothetical frontiers of early 9th century Israel and Judah,
1:43.0	and again, I'll point you to the maps I've posted, a few things are quickly apparent.
1:49.0	While Israel had access to the Mediterranean and close relations materially and culturally,
1:56.0	with the Canaanite cities of Phoenicia, Judah was significantly more isolated,
2:02.0	surrounded by Philistines, Moabites, Speedamites, and Israel itself.
2:08.0	A need to generate well-through trade made Judah vulnerable to blockades.
2:15.0	Consequently, Basha reinforced key sites in southern Israel and built a new fort at Rama,
2:21.0	a few miles north of Jerusalem, for that very purpose.
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