Today we say farewell to one last Omride queen while watching the brief fall of Assyria and the brief rise of Aram-Damascus. Along the way I talk about another two identically-named kings who might be the same guy, as well as a lot of lists! Tap in, gang, it's Bible Lore Day once again!

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Bibliography:

Marc van de Mieroop - 'A History of the Ancient Near East';

Shuichi Hasegawa - 'Aram and Israel During the Jehuite Dynasty';

Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel';

Mario Liverani - 'Israel's History and the History of Israel';

Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary';

David Carr - 'The Formation of Genesis 1-11';

Berlin, Brettler, Fishbane, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible';

Liane Feldman - 'The Consuming Fire';

Cogan & Tadmor - 'II Kings: A New Translation with Commentary';

James Charlesworth - 'The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha';

Some bible quotations taken from the NRSVue with adaptations