Ela

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Ela († 876 or 885 BC) was the son and successor of the Bascha as king of Israel . He ruled for two years, with his government running for the years 877–876 BC. BC ( Albright ) or 886–885 BC Chr. ( Thiele ) is dated.

etymology

The Hebrew personal name אֵלָה 'elāh "Ela" is the short form of an identifying nominal sentence name.אֵל 'el means "God" and is often used as a subject (and theophoric element) in personal names. Since the subject is usually omitted in short forms, it can be assumed here that the predicate is present. For example, a full form of the name could beאֵלִיָּהוּ 'elîjāhû "Elija" (German: " JHWH is God") to be. So Ela can be translated as "... is God". The Septuagint gives the name as Ηλα Ēla , the Vulgate as Hela .

Biblical narration

Ela is mentioned in 1 Kings 16.8-13  EU . Afterwards Ela was murdered in Tirza by his servant Zimri , who was colonel over half of the war chariots and who then declared himself Ela's successor, but was overthrown by Omri himself after seven days . The murder of Elas was seen as the fulfillment of the prophecy of the prophet Jehu , according to which the house of Basha would be exterminated because of his crimes.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Foxwell Albright.
  2. ^ Edwin Richard Thiele: The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings . Kregel, 1994, ISBN 978-0-8254-3825-7 , p. 10 (there Elah ).
  3. ^ Hans Rechenmacher : Old Hebrew names, Münster 2012, p. 63.111.
predecessor Office successor
Basha King of Israel
886–885 BC Chr.
Zimri