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Amos prophesied “two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1; see also Zechariah 14:5), just before the halfway point of the eighth century BC, during the reigns of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel. Their reigns overlapped for fifteen years, from 767 BC to 753 BC.
Dec 16, 2022 · This inheritance of the tribe of Judah was fulfilled in Christ. The Davidic kingdom line ended with Jesus because He is still King. There was no successor, and never will be. One day the prophecy ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Updated Apr 15, 2024. Zedekiah, originally named Mattaniah, was the last king of Judah, appointed by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. His reign is recorded in various biblical texts, including 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and the Book of Jeremiah. Zedekiah's rule lasted eleven years, during a period marked by political instability and spiritual decline.
Yet the midrash just quoted isn’t a direct commentary on either chapter 37 or 38 — it is placed later, in the section dealing with this week’s parsha, in connection to a verse that says “[Jacob] sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to prepare ahead of him in Goshen . . .” when the family is about to leave the land of Israel all to be ...
Athaliah and Joash, Amaziah, Uzziah, and Jotham, Kings of Judah. Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi (842–814 b.c.e.) was an army officer stationed in Gilead. He was swept aloft by the wave of popular rebellion, supported by the army, circles of prophets, and dissatisfied elements among the populace.
His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BC, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered tribal society ruled by various judges to organized statehood. The historicity of Saul and the United Kingdom of Israel is not universally accepted, as what is known of both comes exclusively from the Hebrew Bible.
