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(D10) The Untold Story of the Kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam II
The Untold Story of the
Kingdom of Judah
Oded Lipschits
Part D: Part Four: The Untold Story of the History
of the Kingdom of Israel
Jeroboam II was one of the greatest
kings who reigned in Israel, and during his time the kingdom reached, for the
last time in its history, the peak of its expansion and wealth, and this just a
single generation before its rapid collapse, destruction and exile.
During the long reign of Jeroboam
(786-746 BCE) the international system changed in a surprising and unexpected
way, which allowed the Kingdom of Israel an unprecedented scope of action. The
great weakness of Aram-Damascus, together with the Assyrian disappearance from
the area for many years, allowed the Kingdom of Israel to spread northward, and
even conquer Damascus itself. Israel reached the peak of its power towards the
middle of the reign of Jeroboam II, after the Assyrian campaign to Damascus,
and although there is no information about this, it can be assumed that the
strengthening of the kingdom of Israel was even supported by the Assyrians and
suited their interests. Even from the material culture, it is evident that the
reign of Jeroboam II was a period of flourishing, construction and prosperity
all over the kingdom.
Although he reigned for a longer
period of time than all the other kings of Israel, despite the wide-scale
conquests and despite the prosperity that occurred in his time, the biblical
descriptions of Jeroboam II are very short, sparse in details, and mainly
include explanations by the Biblical historiographers to themselves and their
target audience in Jerusalem, how Jeroboam achieved such great success even
though he was defined as a sinful king.
In this chapter of the podcast I
suggest that the Biblical historiographer also had a source of information
about Jeroboam II that included prophetic stories, and in this case it was the
book of Amos, which contains all the details that were told about the days of
Jeroboam in the Book of Kings and many others, that were not told by the
Deuteronomistic historiographer.
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By Tel Aviv UniversityThe Untold Story of the
Kingdom of Judah
Oded Lipschits
Part D: Part Four: The Untold Story of the History
of the Kingdom of Israel
Jeroboam II was one of the greatest
kings who reigned in Israel, and during his time the kingdom reached, for the
last time in its history, the peak of its expansion and wealth, and this just a
single generation before its rapid collapse, destruction and exile.
During the long reign of Jeroboam
(786-746 BCE) the international system changed in a surprising and unexpected
way, which allowed the Kingdom of Israel an unprecedented scope of action. The
great weakness of Aram-Damascus, together with the Assyrian disappearance from
the area for many years, allowed the Kingdom of Israel to spread northward, and
even conquer Damascus itself. Israel reached the peak of its power towards the
middle of the reign of Jeroboam II, after the Assyrian campaign to Damascus,
and although there is no information about this, it can be assumed that the
strengthening of the kingdom of Israel was even supported by the Assyrians and
suited their interests. Even from the material culture, it is evident that the
reign of Jeroboam II was a period of flourishing, construction and prosperity
all over the kingdom.
Although he reigned for a longer
period of time than all the other kings of Israel, despite the wide-scale
conquests and despite the prosperity that occurred in his time, the biblical
descriptions of Jeroboam II are very short, sparse in details, and mainly
include explanations by the Biblical historiographers to themselves and their
target audience in Jerusalem, how Jeroboam achieved such great success even
though he was defined as a sinful king.
In this chapter of the podcast I
suggest that the Biblical historiographer also had a source of information
about Jeroboam II that included prophetic stories, and in this case it was the
book of Amos, which contains all the details that were told about the days of
Jeroboam in the Book of Kings and many others, that were not told by the
Deuteronomistic historiographer.