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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehou_(roue_Israel)" title="Yehou (roue Israel) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Yehou (roue Israel)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeh%C3%BA" title="Jehú – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Jehú" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeh%C3%BA" title="Jehú – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jehú" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu_(K%C3%B6nig)" title="Jehu (König) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Jehu (König)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%B7%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Ιηού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ιηού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeh%C3%BA" title="Jehú – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Jehú" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu" title="Jehu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jehu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%87%D9%88" title="جهو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جهو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9hu" title="Jéhu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jéhu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeh%C3%BB_fan_Israel" title="Jehû fan Israel – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Jehû fan Israel" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%A2-fu-v%C3%B2ng" title="Yâ-fu-vòng – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Yâ-fu-vòng" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%88%ED%9B%84" title="예후 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="예후" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehu" title="Yehu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Yehu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu" title="Jehu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Jehu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%90" title="יהוא – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יהוא" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mfalme_Yehu" title="Mfalme Yehu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mfalme Yehu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehus" title="Jehus – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jehus" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9hu" title="Jéhu – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jéhu" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeho" title="Jeho – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Jeho" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84" title="ياهو ملك اسرائيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ياهو ملك اسرائيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu_van_Isra%C3%ABl" title="Jehu van Israël – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Jehu van Israël" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95" title="イエフ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イエフ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu_av_Israel" title="Jehu av Israel – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Jehu av Israel" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu" title="Jehu – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Jehu" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je%C3%BA" title="Jeú – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Jeú" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iehu" title="Iehu – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Iehu" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%B9" title="Ииуй – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ииуй" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu" title="Jehu – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Jehu" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" 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For the biblical prophet, see <a href="/wiki/Jehu_(prophet)" title="Jehu (prophet)">Jehu (prophet)</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Jehu_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Jehu (disambiguation)">Jehu (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: #cbe; color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Jehu</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jehu-Obelisk-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jehu-Obelisk-cropped.jpg/250px-Jehu-Obelisk-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jehu-Obelisk-cropped.jpg/330px-Jehu-Obelisk-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jehu-Obelisk-cropped.jpg/500px-Jehu-Obelisk-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1557" data-file-height="999" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">The tribute of "Jehu of the people of the land of <a href="/wiki/Omri" title="Omri">Omri</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Akkadian_language" title="Akkadian language">Akkadian</a>: <span lang="akk">𒅀𒌑𒀀 𒈥 𒄷𒌝𒊑𒄿</span>) as depicted on the <a href="/wiki/Black_Obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Obelisk">Black Obelisk</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shalmaneser_III" title="Shalmaneser III">Shalmaneser III</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">28 years<br />c. 841–814 BCE</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coronation" title="Coronation">Coronation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ramoth-Gilead" title="Ramoth-Gilead">Ramoth-Gilead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">Israel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel" title="Jehoram of Israel">Jehoram</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Israel" title="Jehoahaz of Israel">Jehoahaz</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 882 BCE</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 814 BCE</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">Samaria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">Kingdom of Israel</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Israel" title="Jehoahaz of Israel">Jehoahaz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jehoshaphat_(father_of_Jehu)" title="Jehoshaphat (father of Jehu)">Jehoshaphat</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jehu</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">יֵהוּא</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">Yēhūʾ</i></span>, meaning "<a href="/wiki/Jah" title="Jah">Yah</a> is He"; <a href="/wiki/Akkadian_language" title="Akkadian language">Akkadian</a>: <span lang="akk">𒅀𒌑𒀀</span> <i>Ya'úa</i> [<i>ia-ú-a</i>]; <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Iehu</i>) was the tenth king of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">northern Kingdom of Israel</a> since <a href="/wiki/Jeroboam_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeroboam I">Jeroboam I</a>, noted for exterminating the house of <a href="/wiki/Ahab" title="Ahab">Ahab</a>. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Jehoshaphat_(father_of_Jehu)" title="Jehoshaphat (father of Jehu)">Jehoshaphat</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> grandson of <a href="/wiki/Nimshi" title="Nimshi">Nimshi</a>, and possibly great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Omri" title="Omri">Omri</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Amitai_Baruchi-Unna_2017_pp._3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amitai_Baruchi-Unna_2017_pp._3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the latter notion is not supported by the biblical text. His reign lasted 28 years. </p><p><a href="/wiki/William_F._Albright" title="William F. Albright">William F. Albright</a> has dated Jehu's reign to 842–815 BCE, while <a href="/wiki/E._R._Thiele" class="mw-redirect" title="E. R. Thiele">E. R. Thiele</a> offers the dates 841–814 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The principal source for the events of his reign comes from <a href="/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">2 Kings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biblical_narrative">Biblical narrative</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biblical narrative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jehu_of_Israel.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Jehu_of_Israel.png/180px-Jehu_of_Israel.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Jehu_of_Israel.png/270px-Jehu_of_Israel.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Jehu_of_Israel.png/360px-Jehu_of_Israel.png 2x" data-file-width="426" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Jehu, depicted in <a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Rouill%C3%A9" title="Guillaume Rouillé">Guillaume Rouillé</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Promptuarii_Iconum_Insigniorum" class="mw-redirect" title="Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum">Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum</a></i></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proclamation_as_king">Proclamation as king</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Proclamation as king"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The reign of Jehu's predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel" title="Jehoram of Israel">Jehoram</a>, was marked by the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramoth-Gilead" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ramoth-Gilead">Battle of Ramoth-Gilead</a> against the army of the <a href="/wiki/Arameans" title="Arameans">Arameans</a>. Jehoram was wounded and returned to <a href="/wiki/Jezreel_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jezreel (city)">Jezreel</a> to recover. He was attended by <a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Judah" title="Ahaziah of Judah">Ahaziah</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Judah</a>, who was also his nephew, son of his sister <a href="/wiki/Athaliah" title="Athaliah">Athaliah</a>. Meanwhile, according to the writer of the Books of Kings, the prophet <a href="/wiki/Elisha" title="Elisha">Elisha</a> ordered one of his students to go to Ramoth-Gilead and separate Jehu, a military commander at the time, from his companions. There, he was to anoint Jehu as king in an inner chamber and explain to him that he was to act as an agent of <a href="/wiki/Divine_judgment" title="Divine judgment">divine judgment</a> against the house of <a href="/wiki/Ahab" title="Ahab">Ahab</a>. The student followed these instructions, and upon completion he ran away. Jehu initially dismissed the student as a "madman", but nonetheless told his companions about his anointing. His companions later enthusiastically blew their trumpets and proclaimed him their king.<sup id="cite_ref-driscoll_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-driscoll-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jezreel_and_the_deaths_of_Jehoram_and_Jezebel">Jezreel and the deaths of Jehoram and Jezebel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Jezreel and the deaths of Jehoram and Jezebel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrea_Celesti_-_Queen_Jezabel_Being_Punished_by_Jehu_-_WGA4622.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Andrea_Celesti_-_Queen_Jezabel_Being_Punished_by_Jehu_-_WGA4622.jpg/250px-Andrea_Celesti_-_Queen_Jezabel_Being_Punished_by_Jehu_-_WGA4622.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Andrea_Celesti_-_Queen_Jezabel_Being_Punished_by_Jehu_-_WGA4622.jpg/330px-Andrea_Celesti_-_Queen_Jezabel_Being_Punished_by_Jehu_-_WGA4622.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Andrea_Celesti_-_Queen_Jezabel_Being_Punished_by_Jehu_-_WGA4622.jpg/500px-Andrea_Celesti_-_Queen_Jezabel_Being_Punished_by_Jehu_-_WGA4622.jpg 2x" data-file-width="899" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption>Queen Jezebel Being Punished by Jehu. <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Celesti" title="Andrea Celesti">Andrea Celesti</a> (1637–1712).</figcaption></figure> <p>With a chosen band, Jehu planned his conspiracy against King Jehoram and secretly entered Jezreel. Jehoram tried to flee, but Jehu shot an arrow that pierced his heart. Jehu later threw his body on <a href="/wiki/Naboth" title="Naboth">Naboth</a>'s vineyard, to avenge Naboth, whom Jehoram's <a href="/wiki/Ahab" title="Ahab">father</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jezebel" title="Jezebel">mother</a> had murdered.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> King <a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Judah" title="Ahaziah of Judah">Ahaziah</a> fled after seeing Jehoram's death but Jehu wounded him. Ahaziah fled to <a href="/wiki/Tel_Megiddo" title="Tel Megiddo">Megiddo</a>, where he died.<sup id="cite_ref-driscoll_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-driscoll-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jehu proceeded to enter the premises of the palace at Jezreel. <a href="/wiki/Jezebel_(biblical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jezebel (biblical)">Jezebel</a> watched him with contempt from the palace window and mockingly compared him to King <a href="/wiki/Zimri_(king)" title="Zimri (king)">Zimri</a>. Jehu later commanded Jezebel's eunuchs to throw her out of the palace window. They obeyed his commands and Jezebel was instantly killed. Jehu trampled over her body, and when he decided later to arrange a proper burial due to her royal descent, only her skull, hands and feet remained. The rest of her body had been eaten by dogs. </p><p>Now master of Jezreel, Jehu wrote to command the chief men in <a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a> to hunt down and kill all the royal princes. They did so, and the next day they piled the 70 heads in two heaps outside the city gate, as Jehu commanded. Ahab's entire family was slain. Shortly afterward, Jehu encountered the 42 "brothers of <a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Judah" title="Ahaziah of Judah">Ahaziah</a>" (since the brothers of Ahaziah had been taken away and probably killed by the Philistines,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these must have been relatives of Ahaziah in a broader sense, like nephews and cousins) at "Beth-eked of the shepherds". They told Jehu they were visiting the royal family. Jehu killed them all at "the pit of Beth-eked". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jehu_on_the_Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Jehu_on_the_Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III.jpg/250px-Jehu_on_the_Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Jehu_on_the_Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III.jpg/330px-Jehu_on_the_Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Jehu_on_the_Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III.jpg/340px-Jehu_on_the_Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III.jpg 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="546" /></a><figcaption><div class="center">Jehu on the <a href="/wiki/Black_Obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Obelisk">Black Obelisk</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shalmaneser_III" title="Shalmaneser III">Shalmaneser III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is "the only portrayal we have in ancient Near Eastern art of an Israelite or Judaean monarch".<sup id="cite_ref-AD_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AD-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></figcaption></figure> <p>After Jehu's slaughter of the House of Ahab, he met <a href="/wiki/Jehonadab" title="Jehonadab">Jehonadab</a> the <a href="/wiki/Rechabites" title="Rechabites">Rechabite</a> and convinced him that he was pro-<a href="/wiki/Yahweh" title="Yahweh">Yahwist</a>. Jehonadab quickly allied with him, and they entered the capital together. In control of Samaria, he invited the worshippers of <a href="/wiki/Baal" title="Baal">Baal</a> to a ceremony, then trapped and killed them.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then destroyed their idols and temple, and turned the temple into a latrine.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reign">Reign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other than Jehu's bloody seizure of power and tolerance for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_calf" title="Golden calf">golden calves</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dan_(biblical_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan (biblical city)">Dan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bethel" title="Bethel">Bethel</a>, which was criticized as a "heretical" interpretation of Yahwism, little else is known of his reign. He was hard pressed by <a href="/wiki/Hazael" title="Hazael">Hazael</a>, king of the <a href="/wiki/Arameans" title="Arameans">Arameans</a>, who defeated his armies "throughout all of the territories of <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>" beyond the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a>, in the lands of <a href="/wiki/Gilead" title="Gilead">Gilead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Gad" title="Tribe of Gad">Gad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Reuben" title="Tribe of Reuben">Reuben</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Manasseh" title="Tribe of Manasseh">Manasseh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This suggests that Jehu offered tribute to <a href="/wiki/Shalmaneser_III" title="Shalmaneser III">Shalmaneser III</a>, as depicted on his <a href="/wiki/Black_Obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Obelisk">Black Obelisk</a>, in order to gain a powerful ally against the <a href="/wiki/Arameans" title="Arameans">Arameans</a>. <i>Bit-Khumri</i> was used by <a href="/wiki/Tiglath-Pileser_III" title="Tiglath-Pileser III">Tiglath-Pileser III</a> for the non-Omride kings <a href="/wiki/Pekah" title="Pekah">Pekah</a> (733) & <a href="/wiki/Hoshea" title="Hoshea">Hoshea</a> (732),<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hence House/Land/Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Omri" title="Omri">Omri</a> could apply to later Israelite kings not necessarily descended from Omri. According to others, this description should be taken very literally, as in this period Assyrians were very closely following the events in this area, with control slipping in later years.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The destruction of the house of Ahab is commended by the author of 2 Kings as a form of divine punishment. Yahweh rewards Jehu for being a willing executor of divine judgment by allowing four generations of kings to sit on the throne of Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jehu and his descendants Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, and Zachariah ruled Israel for 102 years. Nonetheless, according to the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Hosea" title="Book of Hosea">Book of Hosea</a>, God punished the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Jehu" title="House of Jehu">House of Jehu</a> through the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Assyrians</a> for Jehu's massacre at <a href="/wiki/Jezreel_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jezreel (city)">Jezreel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some Biblical commentators reasoned that this was because Jehu's motives may not have been entirely pure in his massacre.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeological_evidences">Archaeological evidences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Archaeological evidences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tel_Dan_Stele">Tel Dan Stele</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tel Dan Stele"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tel_Dan_Stele" class="mw-redirect" title="Tel Dan Stele">Tel Dan Stele</a></div> <p>The author of the <a href="/wiki/Tel_Dan_Stele" class="mw-redirect" title="Tel Dan Stele">Tel Dan Stele</a> (9th century BCE, found in 1993 and 1994) claimed to have slain both <a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Judah" title="Ahaziah of Judah">Ahaziah of Judah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel" title="Jehoram of Israel">Jehoram of Israel</a>. Most scholars identify Hazael of Damascus (c. 842 – 806 BCE) as the author, the Damascan king who fought a great war against Israel and Juda. Apparently the coalition that had been forged between Ahab and <a href="/wiki/Hadadezer" title="Hadadezer">Hadadezer</a>, who had provided the main force that stopped the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Qarqar" title="Battle of Qarqar">Battle of Qarqar</a>, had fallen apart under their successors and in the succeeding war between Israel-Juda against Aram-Damascus the kings of Israel and Juda were killed. Jehu, already an important military leader, then became king after this event. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Black_Obelisk">Black Obelisk</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Black Obelisk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Black_Obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Obelisk">Black Obelisk</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_Obelisk_side_4_Jewish_delegation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Black_Obelisk_side_4_Jewish_delegation.jpg/250px-Black_Obelisk_side_4_Jewish_delegation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Black_Obelisk_side_4_Jewish_delegation.jpg/330px-Black_Obelisk_side_4_Jewish_delegation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Black_Obelisk_side_4_Jewish_delegation.jpg/500px-Black_Obelisk_side_4_Jewish_delegation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1160" data-file-height="770" /></a><figcaption>Part of the gift-bearing delegation of King Jehu, <a href="/wiki/Black_Obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Obelisk">Black Obelisk</a>, 841–840 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Aside from the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Scriptures" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew Scriptures">Hebrew Scriptures</a>, Jehu appears in Assyrian documents, notably in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Obelisk">Black Obelisk</a>, where he is depicted as kissing the ground in front of <a href="/wiki/Shalmaneser_III" title="Shalmaneser III">Shalmaneser III</a> and presenting a gift (<i>maddattu ša Ia-ú-a...kaspu mâdu</i> "tribute of Jehu...much silver"). In the <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyrian</a> documents, Jehu is simply called "son of <a href="/wiki/Omri" title="Omri">Omri</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Akkadian_language" title="Akkadian language">Akkadian</a>: <i lang="akk">mār Ḫumri</i>, possibly expressing his having been the ruler of "the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Omri" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Omri">House of Omri</a>", a later Assyrian designation for the Kingdom of Israel), but since his grandfather Nimshi might have been a son of Omri, it could have been just describing a well-known descendency. This tribute is dated ca. 841 BCE by a fragment from Calah.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the earliest preserved depiction of an Israelite.<sup id="cite_ref-AD_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AD-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One more argument that Jehu was or styled himself as a descendent of Omri is the fact that he moved the capital back to Samaria, which was the capital in Omri's days.<sup id="cite_ref-Amitai_Baruchi-Unna_2017_pp._3_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amitai_Baruchi-Unna_2017_pp._3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Obelisk, Jehu severed his alliances with <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Judah</a>, and became subject to <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyria</a>. Apparently, faced with the aggression of Aram-Damascus in the north and also rebellion of the Moabites (see <a href="/wiki/Mesha_stele" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesha stele">Mesha stele</a>) in the east, Jehu had no other options then yield to the Assyrians, who would resume their attacks at Aram-Damascus, thus relieving the pressure on Israel. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jewish_delegation_to_Shalmaneser_III_on_the_Black_Obelisk,_circa_840_BCE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Jewish_delegation_to_Shalmaneser_III_on_the_Black_Obelisk%2C_circa_840_BCE.jpg/880px-Jewish_delegation_to_Shalmaneser_III_on_the_Black_Obelisk%2C_circa_840_BCE.jpg" decoding="async" width="880" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Jewish_delegation_to_Shalmaneser_III_on_the_Black_Obelisk%2C_circa_840_BCE.jpg/1320px-Jewish_delegation_to_Shalmaneser_III_on_the_Black_Obelisk%2C_circa_840_BCE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Jewish_delegation_to_Shalmaneser_III_on_the_Black_Obelisk%2C_circa_840_BCE.jpg/1760px-Jewish_delegation_to_Shalmaneser_III_on_the_Black_Obelisk%2C_circa_840_BCE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9395" data-file-height="2487" /></a><figcaption>Black Obelisk, Jehu's delegation to Shalmaneser III</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jehu is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/George_Nader" title="George Nader">George Nader</a> in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Sins_of_Jezebel" title="Sins of Jezebel">Sins of Jezebel</a></i> (1953). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Drive_Like_Jehu" title="Drive Like Jehu">Drive Like Jehu</a> was an American <a href="/wiki/Post-hardcore" title="Post-hardcore">post-hardcore</a> band from <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> active from 1990 to 1995. The band's name was derived from 2 Kings 9:20: "And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously".<sup id="cite_ref-huey_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huey-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-reid_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reid-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_biblical_figures_identified_in_extra-biblical_sources" title="List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources">List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jehu's father was not the roughly contemporaneous King <a href="/wiki/Jehoshaphat" title="Jehoshaphat">Jehoshaphat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Judah</a>, whose own father was King Asa of Judah. "Generally Jehu is described as the son only of Nimshi, possibly because Nimshi was more prominent or to avoid confusing him with the King of Judah (<i>R’Wolf</i>)". Scherman, Nosson, <i>ed.</i>, "I–II Kings", <i>The Prophets</i>, 297, 2006. See (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Kings%209:2&version=nrsv">2 Kings 9:2</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Amitai_Baruchi-Unna_2017_pp._3-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Amitai_Baruchi-Unna_2017_pp._3_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Amitai_Baruchi-Unna_2017_pp._3_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Amitai Baruchi-Unna, <i>Jehuites, Ahabites, and Omrides: Blood Kinship and Bloodshed</i>, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 41.1 (2017) pp. 3–21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Edwin Thiele, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Numbers_of_the_Hebrew_Kings" title="The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings">The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings</a></i>, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8254-3825-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8254-3825-X">0-8254-3825-X</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780825438257" title="Special:BookSources/9780825438257">9780825438257</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bible</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Kings%209–10&version=nrsv">2 Kings 9–10</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-driscoll-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-driscoll_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-driscoll_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332a.htm">Driscoll, James F. "Jehu"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 7 Jan. 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+9%3A1-13&version=NIV">"2 Kings 9:1-13"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2+Kings+9%3A1-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biblegateway.com%2Fpassage%2F%3Fsearch%3D2%2BKings%2B9%253A1-13%26version%3DNIV&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJehu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bible</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Kings%2021:4&version=nrsv">1 Kings 21:4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bible</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Chronicles%2021:17&version=nrsv">2 Chronicles 21:17</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKuan2016" class="citation book cs1">Kuan, Jeffrey Kah-Jin (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zMOqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65"><i>Neo-Assyrian Historical Inscriptions and Syria-Palestine: Israelite/Judean-Tyrian-Damascene Political and Commercial Relations in the Ninth-Eighth Centuries BCE</i></a>. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. <span class="nowrap">64–</span>66. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4982-8143-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4982-8143-0"><bdi>978-1-4982-8143-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Neo-Assyrian+Historical+Inscriptions+and+Syria-Palestine%3A+Israelite%2FJudean-Tyrian-Damascene+Political+and+Commercial+Relations+in+the+Ninth-Eighth+Centuries+BCE&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E64-%3C%2Fspan%3E66&rft.pub=Wipf+and+Stock+Publishers&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1-4982-8143-0&rft.aulast=Kuan&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey+Kah-Jin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzMOqCwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA65&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJehu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AD-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AD_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AD_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCohenKangas2010" class="citation book cs1">Cohen, Ada; Kangas, Steven E. (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uRKU0YXBWtgC&pg=PA127"><i>Assyrian Reliefs from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II: A Cultural Biography</i></a>. UPNE. p. 127. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58465-817-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58465-817-7"><bdi>978-1-58465-817-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Assyrian+Reliefs+from+the+Palace+of+Ashurnasirpal+II%3A+A+Cultural+Biography&rft.pages=127&rft.pub=UPNE&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-58465-817-7&rft.aulast=Cohen&rft.aufirst=Ada&rft.au=Kangas%2C+Steven+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuRKU0YXBWtgC%26pg%3DPA127&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJehu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bible</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Kings%2010:19–25&version=nrsv">2 Kings 10:19–10:25</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bible</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Kings%2010:27&version=nrsv">2 Kings 10:27</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bible</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Kings%2010:32&version=nrsv">2 Kings 10:32</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kitchen, K A (2003) <i>The Reliability</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>, Cambridge, Eerdmans, p. 24</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290995545">"Balancing evidence about Jehu and Joash in ancient near east texts - Critical reassessment"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Balancing+evidence+about+Jehu+and+Joash+in+ancient+near+east+texts+-+Critical+reassessment&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F290995545&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJehu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bible</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Kings%2010:30&version=nrsv">2 Kings 10:30</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bible</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Hosea%201:4–5&version=nrsv">Hosea 1:4–1:5</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/hosea/1-4.htm">"Hosea 1:4 Commentaries: And the LORD said to him, "Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel"</a>. <i>biblehub.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-04-07</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=biblehub.com&rft.atitle=Hosea+1%3A4+Commentaries%3A+And+the+LORD+said+to+him%2C+%22Name+him+Jezreel%3B+for+yet+a+little+while%2C+and+I+will+punish+the+house+of+Jehu+for+the+bloodshed+of+Jezreel%2C+and+I+will+put+an+end+to+the+kingdom+of+the+house+of+Israel.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbiblehub.com%2Fcommentaries%2Fhosea%2F1-4.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJehu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDelitzschMcCormackCarruthRobinson1906" class="citation book cs1">Delitzsch, Friedrich; McCormack, Joseph; Carruth, William Herbert; Robinson, Lydia Gillingham (1906). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/babelbibl00deli/babelbibl00deli#page/78/mode/1up"><i>Babel and Bible;</i></a>. Chicago, The Open court publishing company. p. 78.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Babel+and+Bible%3B&rft.pages=78&rft.pub=Chicago%2C+The+Open+court+publishing+company&rft.date=1906&rft.aulast=Delitzsch&rft.aufirst=Friedrich&rft.au=McCormack%2C+Joseph&rft.au=Carruth%2C+William+Herbert&rft.au=Robinson%2C+Lydia+Gillingham&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fbabelbibl00deli%2Fbabelbibl00deli%23page%2F78%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJehu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tBEYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=mar+Hu-um-ri-i">Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament</a> - Robert William Rogers</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBezoldKing1889" class="citation book cs1">Bezold, Carl; King, L. W. (1889). <i>Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1145519350" title="Special:BookSources/1145519350"><bdi>1145519350</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Catalogue+of+the+Cuneiform+Tablets+in+the+Kouyunjik+Collection+of+the+British+Museum&rft.pub=British+Museum+Department+of+Ancient+Egypt+and+Sudan&rft.date=1889&rft.isbn=1145519350&rft.aulast=Bezold&rft.aufirst=Carl&rft.au=King%2C+L.+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJehu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Luckenbill, David Daniel (1989), Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, Volume I, §672London: Histories and Mysteries of Man Ltd</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Millard, Alan (1997) <i>Discoveries from Bible Times</i>, Oxford, Lion, p. 121</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-huey-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-huey_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHuey" class="citation web cs1">Huey, Steve. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p12820">"Drive Like Jehu biography"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeroboam" title="Jeroboam">Jeroboam I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadab_of_Israel" title="Nadab of Israel">Nadab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baasha_of_Israel" title="Baasha of Israel">Baasha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elah_(king)" title="Elah (king)">Elah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimri_(king)" title="Zimri (king)">Zimri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibni" title="Tibni">Tibni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omri" title="Omri">Omri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahab" title="Ahab">Ahab</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jezebel" title="Jezebel">Jezebel</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Israel" title="Ahaziah of Israel">Ahaziah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel" title="Jehoram of Israel">Jehoram</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jehu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Israel" title="Jehoahaz of Israel">Jehoahaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoash_of_Israel" title="Jehoash of Israel">Jehoash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeroboam_II" title="Jeroboam II">Jeroboam II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zechariah_of_Israel" title="Zechariah of Israel">Zechariah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shallum_of_Israel" title="Shallum of Israel">Shallum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menahem" title="Menahem">Menahem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pekahiah" title="Pekahiah">Pekahiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pekah" title="Pekah">Pekah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoshea" title="Hoshea">Hoshea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Judah<br />(southern kingdom)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rehoboam" title="Rehoboam">Rehoboam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abijah_of_Judah" title="Abijah of Judah">Abijam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asa_of_Judah" title="Asa of Judah">Asa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoshaphat" title="Jehoshaphat">Jehoshaphat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoram_of_Judah" title="Jehoram of Judah">Jehoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Judah" title="Ahaziah of Judah">Ahaziah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athaliah" title="Athaliah">Athaliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoash_of_Judah" title="Jehoash of Judah">Jehoash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaziah_of_Judah" title="Amaziah of Judah">Amaziah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzziah" title="Uzziah">Uzziah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jotham" title="Jotham">Jotham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahaz" title="Ahaz">Ahaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hezekiah" title="Hezekiah">Hezekiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasseh_of_Judah" title="Manasseh of Judah">Manasseh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amon_of_Judah" title="Amon of Judah">Amon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah" title="Josiah">Josiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Judah" title="Jehoahaz of Judah">Jehoahaz</a></li> 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