Jehu (/ ˈ dʒ iː h uː /; 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.

2025年3月27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.

Jehu reigned twenty-eight years (2 Kings 10:36), dying in 814/3 b.c. B. Revolution. 1. Prophetic instigation (2 Kings 9:1-13). In Jehoram’s twelfth year, the Israelites held a defensive position at Ramothgilead, a key point on the N-S trade route E of the Jordan, against the Syrians.

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'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.

2024年4月2日 · Many kings of Israel and Judah were memorable, but what made Jehu especially historic? God brings revolution, but he initiates change for a reason, for a better way. While violent and gruesome, God chose Jehu to ascend to rule the northern kingdom of Israel to correct his people and place them back on the right path.

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 ...

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.