Word: joram
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jezebel was a shrewd diplomatic move, since she was a princess of the powerful neighboring kingdom of Phoenicia. The record is not clear, but apparently Ahab's mistake, in regard to his later reputation, was to oppose a religious faction that instigated a rebellion against his son Joram and then put itself in the right by writing the Book of Kings. But in spite of the shower of curses that the prophets called down upon Ahab, he ruled for 23 years, and only after his death was Jezebel thrown to the dogs. "The Bible," says Dr. Yadin...