Plot and Counter Plot in Palestine in the 8th Century B.C.

A comparison of the records of the Assyrian kings with the Biblical accounts of the later kings of Israel and Judah shows a remarkable dove-tailing of the two narratives. This is especially so in connection with the history of the turbulent times which marked the twilight of the Kingdom of Israel and hastened its extinction by the Assyrians.

As pointed out in the February issue of The Testimony, Jehu’s unsuccessful bid, pictorially represented on the Black Obelisk, for the protection of Shalmaneser III of Assyria against Hazael the Syrian, led to reprisals by the latter when the Assyrians had departed, and resulted in a serious diminution of the Israelitish territory.

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Author: F. E. Mitchell

Keywords: Assyria, Assyrians, Shalmaneser, Syrians, Jehoahaz, Hazael, Benhadad, Jehoash, Pekah, Rezin, Tiglath Pileser, Pul, King of Assyria

Bible reference(s): 2Ki 13, 2Ki 13, 2Ki 14, 2Ki 15, 2Ki 16, 2Ki 17, Isa 7, Isa 8, Isa 9, Amos 1, Jonah 1, Micah 1, Hosea 1

Source: “Plot and Counter Plot in Palestine in the 8th Century B.C.,” The Testimony, Vol. 5, No. 53, May 1935, pp. 203-5.

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