warning of Elijah against the murderer of Naboth. (2 Kings 9:25) In the reigns of Ahaziah and
Jehoram, Jehu rose to importance. He was, under the last-named king, captain of the host in the
siege of Ramoth-gilead. During this siege he was anointed by Elisha’s servant, and told that he
was appointed to be king of Israel and destroyer of the house of Ahab. (2 Kings 9:12) The army
at once ordained him king, and he set off full speed for Jezreel. Jehoram, who was lying ill in
Jezreel, came out to meet him, as it happened on the fatal field of Naboth. (2 Kings 9:21-24) Jehu
seized his opportunity, and shot him through the heart. (2 Kings 9:24) Jehu himself advanced to
the gates of Jezreel and fulfilled the divine warning on Jezebel as already on Jehoram. He then
entered on a work of extermination hitherto unparalleled in the history of the Jewish monarchy.
All the descendants of Ahab that remained in Jezreel, together with the officers of the court and
the hierarchy of Eastward, were swept away. His next step was to secure Samaria. For the pretended
purpose of inaugurating anew the worship of Baal, he called all the Bailouts together at Samaria.
The vast temple raised by Ahab, (1 Kings 16:32) was crowded from end to end. The chief sacrifice
was offered, as if in the excess of his zeal, by Jehu himself. As soon as it was ascertained that all,
and none but, the idolaters were there, the signal was given to eighty trusted guards, and sweeping
massacre removed at one blow the whole heathen population of the kingdom of Israel. This is the
last public act recorded of Jehu. The remaining twenty-seven years of his long reign are passed
over in a few words, in which two points only are material:—He did not destroy the calf-worship
of Jeroboam:— The transjordanic tribes suffered much from the ravages of Hazael. (2 Kings
10:29-33) He was buried in state in Samaria, and was succeeded by his son Jehoahaz. (2 Kings
10:35) His name is the first of the Israelite kings which appears in the Assyrian monuments.
•Jehu son of Hanani; a prophet of Judah, but whose ministrations were chiefly directed to Israel.
His father was probably the seer who attacked Asa. (2 Chronicles 16:7) He must have begun his
career as a prophet when very young. He first denounced Baasha, (1 Kings 16:1,7) and then, after
an interval of thirty years, reappeared to denounce Jehoshaphat for his alliance with Ahab. ( 2
Chronicles 19:2,3) He survived Jehoshaphat and wrote his life. ch. (2 Chronicles 20:34)
•A man of Judah of the house of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:38)
•A Simeonite, son of Josibiah. (1 Chronicles 4:35)
•Jehu the Antothite was one of the chief of the heroes of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. ( 1
Chronicles 12:3)
Jehubbah
(protected), a man of Asher, son of Shamer or Shomer, of the house of Beriah. (1 Chronicles
7:34) (B.C. perhaps about 1450.)
Jehucal
(able), son of Shelemiah; one of two persons sent by King Zedekiah to Jeremiah to entreat his
prayers and advice. (Jeremiah 37:3) (B.C. 589.)
Jehud
(praised), one of the towns of the tribe of Dan, (Joshua 19:45) named between Baalath and
Bene-berak.
Jehudi
(a Jew), son of Nethaniah, a man employed by the princes of Jehoiakim’s court to fetch Baruch
to read Jeremiah’s denunciation, (Jeremiah 36:14) and then by the king to fetch the volume itself
and read it to him. vs. (Jeremiah 36:21,23) (B.C. 605.)
Jehudijah
frankie
(Frankie)
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