{"id":63833,"date":"2019-10-02T18:43:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=63833"},"modified":"2023-04-27T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:36:34","slug":"baal-suffers-a-double-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/baal-suffers-a-double-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Baal Suffers a Double Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[929,429],"acf":{"old_id":"63833","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34243,"related_cahpter":"320","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"The treasonous overthrow of the Baal-worshiping Queen","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At about the same time that Jehu was eliminating Baal worship from the northern kingdom of Samaria, events were unfolding in the southern kingdom of Judah that were leading to the identical denouement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the death of Ahaziah, King of Judah, at the hands of Jehu (2 Kings 9:27), Queen Mother Ataliah seized the opportunity to consolidate her own hold on the kingdom by killing off all the members of the royal family (1). Unbeknownst to her, Joash, the infant son of Ahaziah, was rescued and spent six years hidden away in the Temple under the auspices of Jehoiadah, the High Priest (2-3), who eventually conspired with the loyal officers of Ahaziah to restore Joash to the throne (4 ff.). Ataliah herself was executed, but not before she was able to cry out \u201ctreason, treason\u201d (14), whose Hebrew phrasing (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kesher kesher<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) links her with Jezebel\u2019s castigation of Jehu as a \u201cZimri\u201d whose rebellion against Baasha is formally recorded as \u201cthe treason that he perpetrated\u201d (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kishro asher kashar<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; 1 Kings 16:20; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.929.org.il\/lang\/en\/page\/303\/post\/62643\">our comments there<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jehoaidah renewed the covenant between God, the king, and the nation (17) and the people responded by shattering the altars of Baal, smashing its statues, and slaying Matan the (high?) priest of Baal. This cleared the way for the restoration of Joash to the throne (19) and \u201cAll the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet\u201d (20). Joash would continue to serve God under the tutelage of Jehoiadah (12:3), with the usual caveat (see our note to 1 Kings 3) of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shrines [<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bamot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">], however, were not removed; the people continued to sacrifice and offer at the shrines\u201d (12:4).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Maarten van Heemskerck, The Story of Joash and Queen Athaliah, c.1567 (The destruction of the house of Baal; a group of soldiers pulling down a statue with a rope tied around its neck; another soldier attacking a priest with a halberd and other statues lying smashed on the ground; Jehoida and Joash, seen from behind, observing) \/ 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