Jehu's slaughter of Judah's royal family at Beth-Eked (2 Kings 10:13-14) : a closer look

Quine, Cat

Abstract

Why were the brothers of king Ahaziah at Beth-Eked in Israel, following the deaths of king Ahaziah and his northern ally, king Joram? This paper takes a closer look at the events of Beth-Eked in 2Kgs 10:13-14 and proposes that the brothers of Ahaziah represent a Judahite delegation seeking to maintain ‫שׁלום‬ with the Omrides in response to Jehu's coup. If so, then Olyan's observation of the ironic use of ‫שׁלום‬ in 2Kgs 9 should be extended to 2Kgs 10. In addition, it suggests that Jehu's slaughter of the Judahites at Beth-Eked was the major turning point in the breaking of the Omride-Judahite alliance, rather than the initial deaths of the two kings.

Citation

Quine, C. (2019). Jehu's slaughter of Judah's royal family at Beth-Eked (2 Kings 10:13-14) : a closer look. Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 131(4), 537-548. https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2019-4001

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 17, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Nov 27, 2019
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Aug 19, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 28, 2020
• Journal: Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
• Print ISSN: 0044-2526
• Electronic ISSN: 1613-0103
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 131
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 537-548
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2019-4001
• Keywords: Omride-Judahite alliance; Jehu's coup; Beth-Eked; 2 Kings 9-10
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2447517
• Publisher URL: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/zatw.2019.131.issue-4/zaw-2019-4001/zaw-2019-4001.xml
• Contract Date: Aug 19, 2019