This chapter rapidly cycles through several kings, some reigning only months before being assassinated by the next usurper. The northern kingdom's political instability by this point looks almost chaotic compared to earlier chapters. Assyria starts a...
Historical & Cultural<b>And struck him before the people.</b> [Targum Yonoson renders,] he struck him before the people [i.e.,] before the eyes of the people.<sup class="footnote-marker">8</sup><i class="footnote">קבל in Aramaic means opposite, i.e., he struck him opposi...
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