THE REIGN OF HOSHEA KING OF ISRAEL C. 732/1-723/2 BC AND THE LAST DAYS OF ISRAEL (2 KINGS 17:1). The history here is very much telescoped. Hoshea had assassinated Pekah and he immediately then submitted to Assyria, paying heavy tribute. Fortunately for Israel Tiglath-pileser accepted his submission... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH'S FINAL JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL BECAUSE OF ALL THEIR DISOBEDIENCE WILL RESULT IN THEIR BEING REMOVED IN THE SAME WAY AS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY CAST OUT THE NATIONS FROM BEFORE THEM (2 KINGS 17:7). Having described the taking away of the cream of the people of Israel into other lands the prophetic author... [ Continue Reading ]
THE AFTERMATH OF THE FINAL ISRAELITE EXILE (2 KINGS 17:24). We have become used to talking about The Exile, meaning the exile resulting from the last days of Jerusalem, but in fact Israel suffered many exiles. Quite apart from the number taken into exile over the centuries as a result of invasions b... [ Continue Reading ]