Big Ideas · 6 · Jehu and Elisha
An imagined past as benchmark
The Palace History couldn't deny Judah's subservience to Israel, so it claimed David and Solomon once ruled both. The ideal: a Davidic king uniting the two realms.
Imagined pasts set the standard for the future.
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As so often in the Bible, an idealized past becomes the yardstick for the present.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 91
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