1. Jehu – the patron saint of automobile drivers (841-813 BC)
Highlights of the British Museum
Long dead Bible people ‘live on’ in stone

2. Jehu – the basics Jehu anointed to replace Ahab (2 Ki 9.1-13)
Jehu assassinates Joram, son of Ahab (2 Ki )
Jehu assassinates Ahaziah, son of Jehoshaphat of Judah and son-in-law of Ahab of Israel (2 Ki )
Jehu causes Jezebel to be put to death (2 Ki )
NOTE: Conflict with Hazael, King of Aram (Syria) (2 Ki 9.14, 15)
Inscription on Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (Assyria): The Black Obelisk of *Shalmaneser III mentions tribute paid by ’ia-ú-a mar h̬u-um-ri, ‘’ ‘Yâw, son of *Omri’ (DOTT, pp. 48–49). This is generally taken to refer to an action of Jehu of Israel not mentioned by the OT. He, or his representative, is pictured bowing before the king.

3. Jehu – at the feet of Shalmaneser

4. Ivory relics from the palace of Ahab and Jezebel

5. Jehu, the conclusion Destroyed the house of Ahab (2 Ki 10.1-17)
Eliminated Baal worship in Israel (2 Ki ) Note especially vv
Evaluation of the reign of Jehu (2 Ki ) Note vv – perhaps an explanation of his alliance with Shalmaneser