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Azariah of Judah and Jeroboam Ii of Israel

Azariah of Judah and Jeroboam Ii of Israel AZARIAH OF JUDAH AND JEROBOAM II OF ISRAEL by NADAV NA'AMAN Tel Aviv Jeroboam II was king of Israel for 41 years reigning roughly con- temporarily with the kings of Judah-Azariah and his son and co- regent Jotham. Curiously enough, nothing is said either in the books of Kings or in the books of Chronicles of the relations between the two neighbouring kingdoms during this long period of almost half a century. Here, with the help of some indirect evidence not fully appreciated until now in scholarly research, I shall attempt to clarify the relations between the two kings. Following the episode relating Amaziah's assassination and Azariah's accession to the throne of Judah (2 Kgs xiv 19-21), appears a short note: "It was he who built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers" (xiv 22). A number of questions arise in interpreting this note. First, who is the unnamed king referred to by the introductury emphatic "he"? It is com- monly accepted that "he" refers to the new king (Azariah) who completed his father's interrupted operation in the south shortly after his accession. Why then was his operation mentioned here before the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

Azariah of Judah and Jeroboam Ii of Israel

NA'AMAN, Nadav
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 43 (2): 227 – Jan 1, 1993
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© 1993 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-4935
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AZARIAH OF JUDAH AND JEROBOAM II OF ISRAEL by NADAV NA'AMAN Tel Aviv Jeroboam II was king of Israel for 41 years reigning roughly con- temporarily with the kings of Judah-Azariah and his son and co- regent Jotham. Curiously enough, nothing is said either in the books of Kings or in the books of Chronicles of the relations between the two neighbouring kingdoms during this long period of almost half a century. Here, with the help of some indirect evidence not fully appreciated until now in scholarly research, I shall attempt to clarify the relations between the two kings. Following the episode relating Amaziah's assassination and Azariah's accession to the throne of Judah (2 Kgs xiv 19-21), appears a short note: "It was he who built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers" (xiv 22). A number of questions arise in interpreting this note. First, who is the unnamed king referred to by the introductury emphatic "he"? It is com- monly accepted that "he" refers to the new king (Azariah) who completed his father's interrupted operation in the south shortly after his accession. Why then was his operation mentioned here before the

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