Chapter
1. Chronology of the Jehuite Kings
2. The Rise of Jehu (841 BCE)
2.1. The Jehu Narrative (2 Kgs 9-10)
2.1.1. The OJN and Dtr’s Redaction
2.1.2. Historical Considerations
2.1.4. Historical Picture of Jehu’s Rise as Reflected in the OJN
2.2. The Inscription from Tel Dan
2.2.1. Archaeological Context of Fragment A
2.2.2. Archaeological Context of Fragment B
2.2.3. Physical Join of Fragments A and B
2.2.4. Restoration of Text
2.2.5. Translation of the Text
2.2.6. Historical Analysis
2.3. Jehu in the Inscriptions of Shalmaneser III
2.3.2. Shalmaneser III’s Campaign in 841 BCE and Jehu’s Rise
2.4. The Mesha Inscription and Jehu’s Rise
3. The Rise of Hazael and the Aramaean Expansion
3.1. The Assyrian Sources
3.1.2. Shalmaneser III’s Campaign during His Eighteenth Regnal Year (841 BCE)
3.1.3. Shalmaneser III’s Campaign in His Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Regnal Years (838–837 BCE)
3.1.4. Assyria and Syria-Palestine after the Campaign of 838–837 BCE
3.2.1. The Arslan-Tash Inscription
3.2.2. The Nimrud Inscription
3.2.3. The Samos Inscription
3.2.4. The Zakkur Inscription
3.2.5. The Deir ‘Alla Inscription
3.2.6. The Damascene Hegemony under Hazael and Bar-Hadad
3.3.1. The Low Chronology and Its Validity
3.3.2. Archaeological Evidence for Hazael’s Campaigns
3.3.3. Hazael’s Conquests and Building Activities in Southern Levant
3.4.1. The Anointment of Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha by Elijah (1 Kgs 19:15-18)
3.4.2. Throne Change in Damascus (2 Kgs 8:7-15)
3.4.3. Hazael’s Attack on Gath (2 Kgs 12:18-19)
3.4.4. Decline of Israel under Joahaz (2 Kgs 13:3-7)
3.4.5. Historical Information in the Description of the Relationship between Israel and Aram under Joahaz and Joash (2 Kgs 13:22-25)
3.4.6. Hazael and Israel in the Book of Kings
4. The Reigns of Jehu and Joahaz (841-798 BCE)
4.1.1. Dtr’s Evaluation of Jehu’s Religious Policy (2 Kgs 10:29)
4.1.2. The Extent of Hazael’s Invasion (2 Kgs 10:32-33)
4.1.3. Dtr’s Final Assessment of Jehu’s Reign (2 Kgs 10:34-36)
4.1.4. Dtr’s Assessment of Joahaz’s Reign (2 Kgs 13:1-2, 8-9)
4.1.5. The “Saviour” of Israel (2 Kgs 13:5)
4.1.6. Joahaz’s “might” (2 Kgs 13:8)
4.2. The Assyrian Sources
4.2.1. The Campaign of Shalmaneser III in 838-37 BCE
4.2.2. An Epigraph on the Black Obelisk (RIMA 3, A.0.102.88)
4.2.3. Adad-nērārī III and Syria-Palestine (805-802 BCE)
4.3. The Zakkur Inscription
4.4. The Mesha Inscription
5. The Reign of Joash (799/798-784 BCE)
5.1.1. Synchronism between Joash and Jehoash (2 Kgs 13:10-13)
5.1.2. Elisha’s Prophecy of Joash’s Victory over Aram (2 Kgs 13:14-19)
5.1.3. The Moabite Invasion of Cisjordan (2 Kgs 13:20-21)
5.1.4. Joash’s Recapture of the Israelite Cities (2 Kgs 13:25)
5.1.5. Joash’s Battle against Amaziah of Judah (2 Kgs 14:8-14)
5.1.6. Dtr’s Concluding Statement of Joash’s Reign (2 Kgs 14:1516)
5.1.7. Dtr’s Calculation of Amaziah’s Reign (2 Kgs 14:17)
5.1.8. Contribution of Prophetic Stories to the History of Joash’s Reign
5.2. The Assyrian Sources
5.2.1. The Eponym Chronicles and the Campaign of Adad-nērārī III against Damascus
5.2.2. The Saba’a Stela (A.0.104.6)
5.2.3. The Tell al-Rimah Stela (A.0.104.7)
5.2.4. The Nimrud Slab (A.0.104.8)
5.2.6. Joash’s Tribute to Adad-nērārī III
5.2.7. Identification of Mari’ King of Damascus
5.2.8. The Tribute from Mari’
5.2.9. The Late Years of Joash and the Rise of Šamšī-ilu in Assyria
6. The Reign of Jeroboam II (784-748 BCE)
6.1.1. Biblical Description of Jeroboam’s Reign (2 Kgs 14:23-29)
6.1.2. The Israelite Territory under Jeroboam as Reflected in the Description of Pekah’s Reign (2 Kgs 15:29)
6.1.3. Israelite Rule in Gilead under Jeroboam II (2 Kgs 15:10, 1314, 17, 25, and 29)
6.1.4. Contribution of the Book of Amos to the History of Jeroboam’s Reign
6.1.5. Contribution of the Book of Hosea to the History of Jeroboam’s Reign
6.1.6. The Extent of Jeroboam II’s Dominion according to the Bible
6.2. The Assyrian Sources
6.2.1. The Eponym Chronicles
6.2.2. The Pazarcık Stela (Reverse A.0.105.1)
6.2.3. The Nimrud Wine Lists
6.3. The Kuntillet ‘Ajrud Inscriptions
6.6. Archaeological Evidence
6.6.12. Tel el-Far‘ah (North)
7. The End of the Jehuite Dynasty (747 BCE)
7.1.1. The Murder of Zechariah (2 Kgs 15:10)
7.1.2. The End of the Jehuite Dynasty as Fulfilment of YHWH’s Words (2 Kgs 15:12)
1. Chronology of the Jehuite Kings
2. The Rise of Jehu (841 BCE)
3. The Rise of Hazael and the Aramaean Expansion
4. The Reigns of Jehu and Joahaz (841-798 BCE)
5. The Reign of Joash (799/798-784 BCE)
6. The Reign of Jeroboam II (784-748 BCE)
7. The End of the Jehuite Dynasty (747 BCE)
Aram and Israel during the Jehuite Dynasty
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