AHAB'S ATTACK ON RAMOTH-GILEAD AND HIS DEATH. The death of Ahab must
have taken place before or during the year 854 B.C., when the battle
of Qarqara was fought, and his name is mentioned in the Assyrian
inscription (p. 69). The question is, did he take part in that battle
as a vassal of Bir-' idri ... [ Continue Reading ]
REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH AND AHAZIAH OF ISRAEL, These reigns are
related in the usual annalistic style.
1 Kings 22:47, which says there was no king in Edom, is very obscure.
It seems to imply that Jehoshaphat owned Edom, and ruled by his own
nominee, but in 2 Kings 3 we read of a king of Edom... [ Continue Reading ]