Big Ideas · 6 · Jehu and Elisha

A hard master

Ahaz's invitation to Assyria removed Judah's rival but subjected Judah to a harsh overlord. Within two decades, Assyria overran Judah too.

Be careful what you invite.

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Judah survived intact and went on to take Israel's former place in the region, making its eventual fall all the more dramatic.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 99

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