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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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...

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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...
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...
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...
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; ; 544 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...
The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Interpretation.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 2/1/2005; 589 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...
From Scripture to Space Oddity
Magazine article from: Skeptic; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Torah. The "J" or Yahwist document (spelled with a "J" in German), appears to have been written during the reign of Jehoram, ca. 850-840 BCE. The rival E (Elohim) material seems to have been brought south to Judah by refugees of the northern...
"By his stripes we are healed"
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...pursues Naaman's offer of payment for services rendered and is punished with leprosy (2 Kgs 5:2027). Elijah instructs Jehoram that because of his idolatry and murder of his brothers he will suffer a "lingering disease of the bowels, until the disease...
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...