Jehoash of Israel

Jehoash
King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Reignc. 798 – c. 782 BC
PredecessorJehoahaz
SuccessorJeroboam II
HouseHouse of Jehu
FatherJehoahaz

Jehoash (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָשׁ Yəhō’āš or[1] יוֹאָשׁYō’āš; Israelian Hebrew: 𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤅‎ *’Āšīyāw;[2] Akkadian: 𒅀𒀪𒋢 Yaʾsu [ia-'-su]; Latin: Joas; fl. c. 790 BC), whose name means "Yahweh has given,"[3] was the twelfth king of the ancient northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and the son of Jehoahaz.[4] He was the 12th king of Israel and reigned for 16 years. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 801–786 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 798–782 BC.[5] When he ascended the throne, the Kingdom of Israel was suffering from the predations of the Arameans, whose king Hazael was conquering land controlled by Israel.

  1. ^ I Kings 22:26
  2. ^ Puech, Émile. “LES INSCRIPTIONS HÉBRAÏQUES DE KUNTILLET ‘AJRUD (SINAÏ).” Revue Biblique (1946-), vol. 121, no. 2, Peeters Publishers, 2014, pp. 161–94, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44092490.
  3. ^ "Joash, Jehoash;" New Bible Dictionary. Douglas, J.D., ed. 1982 (second edition). Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, IL, USA. ISBN 0-8423-4667-8, pp. 597–598
  4. ^ 2 Kings 14:1; compare 12:1; 13:10
  5. ^ Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). ISBN 0-8254-3825-X, 9780825438257

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