Jehu (Prophet)
Jehu was an Old Testament prophet . He lived in the 9th century BC. According to the 1st book of kings ( 1 Kings 16 : 1 LUT ), he was a son of Hanani.
etymology
The Hebrew personal name יֵהוּא jehû ' "Jehu" is an identifying nominal sentence name, consisting of subject and predicate. The subject (and at the same time theophoric element) is " YHWH ", the predicate is the personal pronounהוּא hû ' , German ' he ' . The name can therefore be translated as "YHWH is he". It can be understood as a kind of creed ("YHWH it is / YHWH is that"). The Septuagint gives the name as Ιου Iu , the Vulgate as Hieu . The Assyrian form of the name is Jaua .
Biblical narration
Jehu's speeches preserved in the Old Testament were directed against Bascha , king of Israel ( 1 Kings 16 LUT ), and Joschafat , king of Judah ( 2 Chr 29 LUT ), whose historian he was probably also ( 2 Chr 20.34 LUT ).
See also
literature
- Susanne Otto : Jehu, Elia and Elisa. The story of the Jehu revolution and the composition of the Elijah-Elisha stories ; Contributions to the Science of the Old and New Testament, 152; Stuttgart u. a. 2001; ISBN 978-3-17-016764-3
- Georg Hentschel : 1 Kings ; The New Real Bible. Commentary on the Old Testament with the standard translation 10; Würzburg 1984; ISBN 3-429-00904-9
- Georg Hentschel: 2 kings ; The New Real Bible. Commentary on the Old Testament with the standard translation 11; Würzburg 1985; ISBN 3-429-00909-X
- Jonathan Robker: Jehu. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
- Ernst Würthwein : 1/2 Kings : Old Testament German 11.1 / 2; Göttingen 1977, 1984
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Rechenmacher : Old Hebrew names, Münster 2012, p. 44.101.109.
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SURNAME | Jehu |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Old Testament prophet |
DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 9th century BC Chr. |