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Joram
Joram , in the Bible. 1, 2 Kings of Israel and Judah: see Jehoram 1, 2. 3 Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent to congratulate David on the defeat of Hadadezer. An alternate form is Hadoram. ... Read more
Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat , In the Bible, king of Judah (c.873-849 BC), son and successor of Asa 1. He continued his father's religious reforms. He was an ally of Ahab, who was king of Israel, and his successors, and he was the first king of Judah to make a treaty with the kingdom of Israel. He was succeede... Read more
Jezebel
Jezebel , in the First Book of Kings, Phoenician princess who was the wife of King Ahab and the mother of Ahaziah, Jehoram, and Athaliah. She encouraged worship of Baal, including the worship of Asherah and persecuted the prophets of her day. Jezebel was the bitter foe of Elijah . Elijah's prophe... Read more
Athaliah
Athaliah . 1 The only queen to occupy the throne of Judah, daughter of Ahab of Israel, wife of Jehoram 2 of Judah, and mother of Ahaziah 2 of Judah, whom she succeeded. She had the males of the royal family murdered, but her stepdaughter Jehosheba hid away a baby son of Ahaziah. Some y... Read more
Jehu
Jehu . 1 King of Israel. He was anointed king by Elisha , who led the revolt against the house of Ahab. Jehu murdered King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah and the rest of the house of Ahab. Jehu's rapid chariot driving has become proverbial. To receive protection from Assyria, Jeh... Read more
Ahab
Ahab , d. c.853 BC, king of Israel (c.874-c.853 BC), son and successor of Omri 1. Ahab was one of the greatest kings of the northern kingdom. He consolidated the good foreign relations his father had fostered, and Israel was at peace during much of his reign. His marriage with Jezebel helped... Read more

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Jehoram
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Jehoram or Joram , in the Bible. 1 Son of Ahab...of Judah to put down a revolt in Moab. Jehoram was wounded in an attack on Ramoth-gilead...anointed king of Israel, assassinated Jehoram and usurped the throne, ending the house...
Ahaziah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...successor of his father only in that he followed Ahab's religious views. He was succeeded by his brother Jehoram 1. 2 King of Judah, son of Jehoram 2 and Athaliah 1. He was considered a typical descendant of Ahab. He was killed in Jehu's coup...
Joram
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Joram , in the Bible. 1, 2 Kings of Israel and Judah: see Jehoram 1, 2. 3 Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent to congratulate David on the defeat of Hadadezer. An alternate form is Hadoram.
Jehosheba
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Jehosheba , in the Bible, daughter of King Jehoram of Judah and aunt of King Jehoash . She married the high priest Jehoiada. She also appears as Jehoshabeath.
Jezebel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Jezebel , in the First Book of Kings, Phoenician princess who was the wife of King Ahab and the mother of Ahaziah, Jehoram, and Athaliah. She encouraged worship of Baal, including the worship of Asherah and persecuted the prophets of her day...
Jehoshaphat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...successors, and he was the first king of Judah to make a treaty with the kingdom of Israel. He was succeeded by his son, Jehoram 2. The Valley of Jehoshaphat, mentioned in the Book of Joel as a place of judgment, has been identified by tradition with...
Jehu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Jehu . 1 King of Israel. He was anointed king by Elisha , who led the revolt against the house of Ahab. Jehu murdered King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah and the rest of the house of Ahab. Jehu's rapid chariot driving has become proverbial...
Athaliah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Athaliah . 1 The only queen to occupy the throne of Judah, daughter of Ahab of Israel, wife of Jehoram 2 of Judah, and mother of Ahaziah 2 of Judah, whom she succeeded. She had the males of the royal family murdered, but her stepdaughter...
Ahab
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...factor in the discontent that began to develop in Israel at this period. Ahab was succeeded by his sons, first Ahaziah, then Jehoram. The ruins of his palace have been excavated at Samaria . The Ahab of Jer. 29.21,22 is a different person, a lying prophet...

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dysentery
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible dysentery Gastric fever, or some other violent stomach disorder. Jehoram king of Judah died in agony from chronic dysentery (2 Chr. 21: 18). Publius' father suffered from the disease, common in Malta , and was healed by Paul (Acts 28: 8).

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Elisha's Deceptive Prophecy in 2 Kings 3: A Response to Raymond Westbrook
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...notoriously difficult to interpret story of Jehoram's unsuccessful military campaign in...prophet Elisha. According to Westbrook, Jehoram should have recognized the deceptive nature...destroying well-fortified strongholds. Jehoram does not notice the specious, unreasonable...
ELISHA'S TRUE PROPHECY IN 2 KINGS 3
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Given Elisha's patent hostility to King Jehoram, it is not surprising that he wished...misfortune, or misguidedness, of King Jehoram, that he failed to interpret the words...order of the predictions should have put Jehoram on his guard. Predictions 4-6 describe...
Between text and sermon: 2 Kings 6:8-23
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...affairs of his country. The reign of King Jehoram of Israel suffered tremendously from the...Syria's King Benhadad by revealing to Jehoram the places where the Syrians were waiting to ambush Jehoram's army. Benhadad, suspecting treachery...
THE LAST BATTLE OF HADADEZER
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...kingship and his subsequent campaign against Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of "the House of...commissioned by the prophet Elisha, executed Jehoram and Ahaziah in the vicinity of Jezreel...Damascus and Israel.10 Presumably Jehoram, Ahab, or Omri encroached on the southern...
The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...emend the statement in 2 Kgs 1:17 that Joram of Israel was crowned in year two of Jehoram of Judah to the converse of this statement, namely, that Jehoram of Judah (851-843/2) was crowned in year two of Joram of Israel (851-842...
Bible In a Year
Newspaper article from: Call & Post; 5/7/2008; ; 536 words ; ...vengeance on the family of Ahab by arranging for Jehu, one of Jehoram's generals, to be anointed king. After being anointed, Jehu drove furiously to the town of Jezreel and murdered Jehoram. Jezebel was thrown from an upper window and her corpse...
Obadiah's warnings are still timely
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 9/30/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...a response to an early attack on the Hebrews, possibly a raid by the Philistines and Arabians on Judah in the time of King Jehoram (2 Chronicles 21:16). Modern scholars tend to agree that it was written after the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 587...
The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Interpretation.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 2/1/2005; 602 words ; ...mainstream interpretation has Hazael of Damascus as the author of the inscription, in which he seems to claim credit for killing Jehoram king of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah. It is dated ca. 840 B.C.E. A. takes issue with all of these positions and arranges...
The root kn(c) and historiographic periodization in chronicles
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...cultic regeneration achieved by Asa and Jehoshaphat (1 Kgs 15:9-14; 22:41-44, 47). Decline sets in once again with Jehoram through Athaliah (2 Kgs 8:16-19; 11), followed by another rise under Joash and through Jotham (2 Kgs 12:1-4...
101 Reasons to dig deeper
Magazine article from: Skeptic; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...during the Exile, between 587 and 538 BCE., whereas it is generally accepted that J was written during the reign of King Jehoram of Judah, between 849 and 842, in other words about three centuries earlier than the Babylonian Captivity. It is and has...