History · 6 · Jehu and Elisha
The Syro-Ephraimite War
Around 734 BCE, Israel's King Pekah allied with Damascus against Assyria. When Judah refused to join, they besieged Jerusalem to install a compliant king.
Small kingdoms, big miscalculations.
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The oldest part of Isaiah, the 'Isaiah Memoir' in chapters 7–9, centers on this crisis.
Bible reference: Isaiah 7–9
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 94
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