Abstract
Although, historically, the Davidic kings had much to gain from their alliance with the Omrides, nothing of that was remembered in Judah; the abiding image of the Omrides in the Book of Kings is negative. I analyze, therefore, three different stories (2 Kgs 14,8-14; 1 Kgs 22,1-38; 2 Kgs 3,4-27) that mention the alliance between the two royal houses in order to discuss the origins of this bad image of the Omrides. I demonstrate that these stories, taken from pre-Deuteronomistic sources, reflect how the political marriage between the Davidic and the Omride kings was remembered in Judah prior to the composition of the Book of Kings.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 503-526 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Biblica |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
Keywords
- Ahab , King of Israel
- Bible . Kings I 12-22
- Bible . Kings II 1-8
- Bible . Kings II 9-17
- Bible . Old Testament--Historiography
- Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
- Israel (Ancient kingdom)
- Jehoshaphat , King of Judah
- Kings and rulers in the Old Testament
- Omri , King of Israel