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Jehu
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This article is about the king of Israel. For the biblical prophet, see Jehu (prophet). For other uses, see Jehu (disambiguation).
Jehu (Hebrew: יֵהוּא, romanized: Yēhūʾ, meaning "Yahu is He"; Akkadian: 𒅀𒌑𒀀 Ya'úa [ia-ú-a]; Latin: Iehu) was the tenth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel since Jeroboam I, noted for exterminating the house of Ahab. He was the son of Jehoshaphat,[1] grandson of Nimshi, and possibly great-grandson of Omri,[2] although the latter notion is not supported by the biblical text. His reign lasted 28 years.
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![]() The tribute of "Jehu of the people of the land of Omri" (Akkadian: 𒅀𒌑𒀀 𒈥 𒄷𒌝𒊑𒄿) as depicted on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III | |
King of Northern Israel | |
Reign | c. 841–814 BCE |
Coronation | Ramoth-Gilead, Israel |
Predecessor | Jehoram |
Successor | Jehoahaz |
Born | c. 882 BCE |
Died | c. 814 BCE |
Burial | |
Issue | Jehoahaz |
Father | Jehoshaphat |
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William F. Albright has dated Jehu's reign to 842–815 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 841–814 BCE.[3] The principal source for the events of his reign comes from 2 Kings.[4]