Jehu (/ ˈdʒiːhuː /; Hebrew: יֵהוּא, romanized: Yēhūʾ, meaning " Yah 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.

2022年1月12日 · Jehu was a captain in Israel’s army, who God anointed as king over Israel. He reigned for twenty-eight years and was rewarded for his obedience to God. Though many of the kings of Israel and Judah were wicked and led God’s people astray, King Jehu was used by God to draw His people back to God.

Jehu's role as an executor of divine judgment is marked by decisive and ruthless actions. Upon his anointing, Jehu immediately set out to fulfill his God-given mission. He first targeted Joram, the reigning king of Israel and son of Ahab, killing him at Jezreel.

2022年1月4日 · Jehu was a reformer of sorts who was used by God to clean up the mess that Ahab had made. Of King Ahab it is recorded that he “did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him” (1 Kings 16:30).

Jehu, king (c. 842–815 bc) of Israel. He was a commander of chariots for the king of Israel, Ahab, and his son Jehoram, on Israel’s frontier facing Damascus and Assyria.

2024年11月17日 · As a military commander under King Joram of Israel, he was unexpectedly chosen by God to become king. The prophet Elisha sent one of his disciples to secretly anoint Jehu, delivering a divine commission to eliminate the house of …

Jehu ben Jehoshaphat ben Nimshi He was a commander in the Israelite army who accepted the divine commission through Elisha to take over the royal office, avenge the persecution of Yahwists, and extirpate Phoen.

Jehu said, “Here is what he told me: ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’” 13 They quickly took their cloaks and spread them under him on the bare steps.

Jehu (UK: / ˈdʒiːhjuː /, US: / ˈdʒiːhuː /; [1] Hebrew: יֵהוּא Yēhūʾ, "Yah is He") [2] son of Hanani was a prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, who was active during the 9th century BC.

A commander of troops (II Kings ix. 5-14, 25), with the cooperation of the prophetic party intent upon making an end of Baal-worship and the Phenician atrocities in vogue in the Northern Kingdom under Jezebel's influence (I Kings xix. 16; II Kings ix. 1; see Elijah; Elisha), Jehu, profiting by the absence of King Jehoram, who had gone to ...