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Our chapter keeps calling his majesty “the king of Israel” or briefly “the king”, never by his name.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is this king in our story?<\/span><\/p>\n

In the words of Prophet Elisha lies one clue. According to JPS’s translated version, Elisha said: “Do you see \u2014 that murderer has sent someone to cut off my head!” (32). It seems that this king had already committed a crime of murder before. Prophet Elijah blamed King Ahab of Israel for committing a crime of murder: “Thus said the LORD: Would you murder and take possession?” (1 Kings 21, 19).<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the original Hebrew version, Prophet Elisha’s words were not “that murderer” but “that son of a murderer” (32). Two of 72 King Ahab’s sons (2 Kings 10, 1, 7) became kings of Israel. The first was Ahaziah, and the second was Jehoram.<\/span><\/p>\n

A second clue lies in the Kings book’s chronology. The Bible tells about King Ahab’s death six chapters ago (1 Kings 22, 40) and about King Ahaziah’s death five chapters ago (2 Kings 1, 17). Jehoram succeeded Ahaziah as king for he had no son (2 Kings 1, 17) and reigned until Commander Jehu killed him (2 Kings 9, 23). It seems that the stories about the days of his majesty King Jehoram of Israel are told along the first nine chapters of 2 Kings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore the King of Israel in our story (2 Kings 6) is Jehoram son of Ahab as well.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":63389,"id":63389,"title":"2kings6-clues","filename":"2kings6-clues.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2kings6-clues.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/who-is-the-king\/2kings6-clues\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"2kings6-clues","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":63386,"date":"2019-09-24 13:04:29","modified":"2019-09-24 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