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    4 others in the registry answer to the name Jehu. Every Jehu in the Bible

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    Jehu

    יֵהוּא

    Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat, was anointed king of Israel by Elisha's servant; he destroyed the house of Ahab and the worship of Baal, but continued in the sins of Jeroboam.

    verses
    46
    first named
    1 Kings 19:16
    last named
    Hosea 1:4
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Israel

    Description

    Who was Jehu?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, was a commander in the army of Israel during the reign of Joram. He was anointed king by a servant of Elisha the prophet, who instructed him to destroy the house of Ahab. Jehu carried out this mission zealously, killing Joram, Ahaziah (king of Judah), Jezebel, and all the descendants of Ahab. He also eradicated the worship of Baal in Israel. However, Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, continuing the worship of the golden calves. His dynasty lasted for four generations, as promised by God, but Israel suffered losses to the Arameans during his reign. Jehu's story is recorded in the books of 1 and 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Hosea.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Jehu10 of 21 entities the graph connects to Jehu, in one group: events 10. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Israel5 events · 2,578 versesJerusalem1 event · 888 versesSamaria6 events · 124 versesSyria1 event · 116 versesElijah1 event · 92 versesJeroboam1 event · 81 versesAhab3 events · 79 versesBaal1 event · 70 versesJezreel4 events · 35 versesAhaziah4 events · 26 versesJehu

    The 10 best-attested of 21 are drawn. All 21 are listed below.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 9 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Jehu happensAll 4 places the claims about Jehu reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jezreel, Samaria, Beth-eked, Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Jehu there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.JezreelSamariaBeth-ekedJerusalem
    Divided MonarchyAll 4 places the claims about Jehu reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 46, across 4 books. The name is written 49 times in them.

    1. 1 Kings2 verses

      19:1619:17

    2. 2 Kings39 verses

      9:29:59:119:139:149:159:169:179:189:199:209:219:229:249:279:309:3110:110:510:1110:1310:1810:1910:2010:2110:2310:2410:2510:2810:2910:3010:3110:3410:3510:3612:113:114:815:12

    3. 2 Chronicles4 verses

      22:722:822:925:17

    4. Hosea1 verse

      1:4

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Jehu’s killing of Remaining House Of Ahab, Great Men, Close Friends, and Priests and Jehu Letters, and 1 moreSamariaCapital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitantsvia Jehu’s going and Jehu’s killing of Remaining House Of Ahab, Great Men, Close Friends, and PriestsJezreelA city in Issachar, associated with Ahab and Jezebelvia Jehu’s goingGoingGoing is a concept gathering 321 labelled instances in the text.via Jehu’s setting outSetting OutSetting Out is a concept gathering 32 labelled instances in the text.via Jehu’s killing of Remaining House Of Ahab, Great Men, Close Friends, and PriestsAhabWicked king of Israel; husband of Jezebelvia JehoahazJehoahaz’s reignJehoahaz’s reign is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via JehoahazJoashKing of Israel, son of Jehoahazvia JehoahazJoash’s reignJoash’s reign is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via Jehu’s killing of Remaining House Of Ahab, Great Men, Close Friends, and PriestsKillingKilling is a concept gathering 151 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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