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Jewry: Fake and truth in the Old Testament (OT) according to documents and excavations

New identity by new Jewish history by help of chronology and archaeological research

22. Royal dominions in northern city state of Shechem (biblical "northern Reich of Israel") according to faked OT 884-842 B.C.

von Michael Palomino (2006 / 2010)

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from: Israel Finkelstein / Neil A. Silberman: The Bible unearthed. Archeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts; The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2001; German edition has got the title "No trombones before Jericho" (orig. German: "Keine Posaunen vor Jericho"): edition C.H.Beck oHG, Munich 2002;

From the German version "Keine Posaunen vor Jericho" of DTV, Munich 2004, second edition of 2005. All page indications refer to the German version. I hope the page numbers are not very different.


Old Testament describing only violence, idolatry, and greed for the northern city state

According to OT policy of the northern Reich of Israel consisted only of violence, idolatry, and greed (p.188), and all is only presented roughly (p.189). OT claims criminalities of the Omri dynasty with a moral finish, so, with the destruction of the Omri dynasty. But that's nothing more than an invented novel (p.194).

[The events in the OT are full of "false" gods, of "exterminations" and of families who have the "wrong" belief, and there are many prophecies with "exterminations" etc.].

When there are filtered the anachronisms, the wrong prophecies and the threats, so there stay according to Finkelstein / Silberman
-- the chain of the Israelite kings in the North Reich
-- some well known building projects
-- some military actions (p.195).

until 884 B.C.
The alleged overthrow up to the takeover of power of the Omrid dynasty according to OT

Northern kingdom of Israel under king Nadab
-- the son of Jerobeam, Nadab, is said having been overthrown and all family members of the Jerobeam family are said having been killed (p.189)
-- by this the alleged prophecy of Ahia is said having been fulfilled that no heir of Jerobeam will survive (p.189).

Northern Reich of Israel under king Baesa
-- king Baesa is said having taken over the power by a revolt, eventually he is a former military commander
-- king Baesa is said having declared war to "kingdom of Judah" and is said having occupied Jerusalem
-- the king of Damascus, Benhadad, is said having used the weak defense of "northern Reich of Israel" for an invasion
-- then king Baesa is said having relaxed the pressure against "South Reich Judah" (p.189).

Northern kingdom of Israel under king Ela
-- after the alleged death of king Baesa his alleged son Ela is said having been the successor in "northern Reich of Israel"
-- soon after the takeover of power the army is said having overthrown king Ela under leadership of the rebel Simri, and all members of the Baesa dynasty are said having been killed (1st book of Kings 16,8-11), (p.189)

Northern Reich of Israel under king Simri - king Omri
-- the leader of the rebels, Simri, is said having governed only for 7 days, because there was another rebel movement of the population in the "North Reich" proclaiming Omri as a new king of "northern Reich of Israel", Omri is supreme commander of the army

-- the royal capital Thirza is said having been sieged for a short time and the royal palace is said having been put on fire

-- the alleged rebel Simri is said having committed suicide in the flames of the royal palace (p.189).

884-873 B.C.
Northern Reich of Israel governed by the dynasty of Omri with king Omri: new capital is Samaria

The OT claims:

-- Omri is said having consolidated his power by his inauguration as a king, and there was the foundation of a dynasty for the next 40 years, Omri himself is said having ruled the "northern Reich of Israel" for 12 years (p.189)

-- Omri is said having defined Samaria as a new capital and under his leadership is said that the new capital was amplified (p.189,191).


873-852 B.C.
Northern Reich of Israel under the dynasty of Omri: king Ahab and the foreign wife Jezebel - cult of Baal

King Ahab is said having served Baal and Ashera

OT claims:

-- after king Omri is said having succeeded his son Ahab ruling "northern Reich of Israel" for 22 years
-- king Ahab is said having had a foreign wife Jezebel, he is said having fostered the connection for abroad and he is said having fostered idolatry (1st book of Kings 16,30-33) (p.191)

-- king Ahab is said having married Jezebel, a daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Sidonites

-- king Ahab is said having served god Baal
-- it is said that king Ahab in Samaria gave an order for the construction of a Baal temple (p.191) [Syrian god for mountains, weather and fertility]
-- king Ahab is said having painted a picture of Ashera [Syrian goddess of fertility]
-- king Ahab is said having provoked the fury of God by idolatry more than all other kings before him of "northern Reich of Israel" (1st book of Kings 16,30-33) (p.191).

The prophets of Baal of the queen Jezebel are said having been killed by adherents of God (JHWH) near Kishon creek

OT claims:

-- queen Jezebel is said having promoted the Gentile priests in Samaria, she is said having served "450 Baal's prophets and 400 Ashera prophets" on her royal table

-- Jezebel is said having ordered the murder of all prophets of God (JHWH) in northern Reich of Israel

  
Map with Kishon river in
                      Jezreel valley and with mount Carmel
Map with Kishon river in Jezreel valley and with mount Carmel

-- there is said having developed a steady mental fight with the two prophets of God, Elia and his pupil Elisa who are said having migrated in the whole "North Reich"

-- the prophet of God, Elia, is said having claimed from king Ahab that the prophets of Baal and Ashera should unify on mount Carmel for a holy fight

-- this holy fight is said having been performed: there is said having been a sacrifice of a bull on mount Carmel and God is said having accepted this bull and having eaten this bull by a fire, but Baal is said not having touched the bull of the Baal adherents

-- the mob is said having recognized the prophets of Baal as wrong prophets and is said having killed all prophets of Baal near the Kishon creek [in Jezreel valley, Bible writes "Kison"] (p.191):

"But Elia spoke to them [to the mob]: Catch the prophets of Baal, so there cannot escape anyone of them! And they caught them. And Elia leaded them down to the Kishon creek and slaughtered them there." (1st book of Kings 18,39-40).


The holy oracle for Elija is said having prepared the destruction of "Israel": with Hazael, Jehu, and Elisa

OT claims:

-- queen Jezebel is said having reacted with a great fury and the prophet of God, Elija, is said having taken the flight to Horeb mountain, the mountain of God, and there Elija is said having received a holy oracle (p.191)

-- God is said having uttered the prophecy that the Omri dynasty will go down (p.191) and is said having ordered to Elija that Hazael should be anointed as a new king in Aram Damascus, the most dangerous enemy of the "North Reich" (p.191-192)

-- add to this God is said having ordered Elija to anoint the military commander of Ahab, Jehu, as the next king of "northern Reich of Israel", and Elisa should be proclaimed as the new prophet (p.192).

Hazael (the king of Amar Damascus), Jehu (the new king of the North Reich), and Elisa (the prophet of God in spe) are said to punish the "northern Reich of Israel" for their sins according to the will of God (p.192):

"Who escapes the sword of Hazael, these should be killed by Jehu, and who escapes the sword of Jehu, they should be killed by Elisa." (1st book of Kings 19,17).

According to the stele in Dan there was the occupation of the town of Dan under king Hazael in 835 B.C. only [so, this was after the dynasty of the Omrids] (p.196-197).


The alleged siege of Samaria by Aram Damascus - an alleged victory against Damascus without murder of Benhadad

OT claims:

-- then, the king of Aram Damascus, Benhadad, is said having performed an invasion in "northern Reich of Israel" and is said having sieged Samaria (p.192)

According to archeology this invasion under Benhadad was not performed in Ahab times, but later (p.194).

-- then, God is said having been merciful and is said having saved the "northern Reich of Israel" one more time (p.192)

-- God is said having made possible a victory for king Ahab against the army of Benhadad near the lake of Gennesaret

-- but king Ahab is said not having killed Benhadad but there was an agreement: Former Israeli town were given back, and market rights in Damascus was given, and by this Ahab let Benhadad live, and by this he had violated the order of God (p.192).

The prophecy of the coming death of king of Ahab as a punishment for the clemency to Benhadad: There is an affair about a vineyard of Naboth

OT claims:

-- prophet of God (prophet of JHWH) Elia is said having threatened to king Ahab that Ahab will die soon because he kept Benhadad alive and had not fulfilled the claim of God killing Benhadad by sword (p.192)

-- now the royal couple Ahab and Jezebel is said having acted against the population: king Ahab is said having planned an amplification of his palace and by this he claimed the property of a vineyard of a certain Naboth, but Naboth resigned to all offers of King Ahab selling the vineyard for a good price, because Naboth is said not to be willing selling the family property

-- then queen Jezebel is said having started a defamation campaign against Naboth saying that there would be proofs that Naboth had committed blasphemy, and then Naboth is said having been stoned under the control of Jezebel (p.192)

-- then king Ahab is said having occupied the vineyard (p.192).


Prophecy about the death of king Ahab at the same place where Naboth had been killed - the dogs and the birds - death of king Ahab and the dogs are licking up it's blood

OT claims:

-- now the alleged prophet of God (prophet of JHWH) Elija is said having uttered the prophecy to Ahab that he will die at the same place where the alleged Naboth had been killed, and the whole dynasty will be eliminated (p.192)
-- Elija claims that dogs will lick up Ahab's blood where Naboth had been killed (p.192)
-- and also queen Jezebel will be devoured by the dogs on the wall of Jezreel
-- those family members of Ahab who would die in the town, would be devoured by the dogs, the other members who would die on the field, would be devoured by the birds (1st book of Kings 21, 19-24) (p.193)

-- and then king Ahab is said having been hurt badly in a battle against Aram Damascus and is said having been brought to Samaria in his war chariot, and then the dogs are said having licked the blood near the war chariot, and by this one prophecy of Elija is said having been fulfilled (p.193).

Bible is "arranged" like this...


852-851 B.C.
Northern Reich of Israel with it's dynasty of Omri: king Ahaziah is dying by the "wrong faith"

OT claims:

-- now, the son of king Ahab, Ahaziah, is said having been enthroned in "northern Reich of Israel", and also king Ahaziah is said having committed heavy "sins"

-- Ahaziah is said having suffered a heavy accident in his palace in Samaria falling by a grating in his room upstairs and is said having been suffered heavy injuries

-- then the heavy injured Ahaziah is said having asked the Baal god Baal-Zebub if it would be possible being cured or not

-- Elija is said having communicated to Ahaziah that he will die immediately because he he had adhered the Baal god Baal Zebub, and then Ahaziah is said having died immediately in fact (p.193).


851-842 B.C.
Northern kingdom of Israel with Omri dynasty: king Jehoram is in coalition wars with "Judah" and Edom against Moab

OT claims:

-- the alleged brother of Ahaziah, Jehoram, is said having been the new king of the "North Reich of Israel"

-- the kingdom of Moab is said having released the cohort alliance with "northern Reich of Israel" and then king Jehoram is said having made an alliance with the "southern Reich of Judah" (under king Jehoshaphat) and with the king of Edom against Moab and had performed a campaign against Mohab (p.193).

According to archaeological findings this alliance of northern Reich of Israel with the king of Edom is hardly possible because findings for a monarchy in Edom exist only 100 years after the destruction of the Omri dynasty (p.194).

-- the prophet of God, Elija, is said having predicted the victory against Moab, but only because the "fair-minded king Jehoshaphat" is also a member of the coalition

-- the towns of Moab are said having been destructed and Jehoram is said having won with Jehoshaphat (p.193).


Northern Reich of Israel under the Omri dynasty: Hazael is enthroned as new king of Aram Damascus - and now follows the ruin of the Omri dynasty

-- since Hazael is enthroned as the new king of Aram Damascus, the ruin of the "northern Reich of Israel" is said having been determined: the armies of Hazael are said having won against the armies of "northern Reich of Israel" in Gilead in the East of Jordan river, and king Jehoram is said having suffered heavy injuries (p.193)

-- prophet Elisha is said having sent one of his prophet followers, and this follower is said having anointed the army commander of the "northern Reich of Israel" Jehu as a new king and is said having uttered the prophecy that Jehu would definitely destroy the Ahab dynasty (house Omri) (p.193)

-- during the return to the palace Jehu is allegedly said having killed the alleged king Jehoram by one single arrow shot in his heart when Jehoram was in the vineyard of Naboth (p.193-194)

and by this another prophecy is fulfilled, because the king died at the same place where Naboth was killed. Bible is "arranged" like this...

-- as a side effect also the king's son Ahaziah was wounded on his flight and is said having died in Megiddo (p.194).


Northern Reich of Israel under Omri dynasty: The extermination of the Omri dynasty under supreme military commander Jehu

OT claims:

-- Jehu is said having ordered that Jezebel would be tossed out of the window, and it is said that this also had happened

-- the dead body is said having been devoured by the dogs, and only the head, the feet and the hands are said having been remained

-- by this another prophecy of Elija is said having been fulfilled.

Bible is "arranged" like this...

-- Jehu is said having ordered to arrange a burial for the remnants of the dead body of queen Jezebel

-- add to this it is said that 70 sons of the king of "northern Reich of Israel" were slaughtered in Samaria, their heads were put in baskets and were sent to Jehu in Jezreel, and the heads are said having been piled on two heaps at the entrance of the city gate by an order of Jehu (p.194)

-- then Jehu is said having exterminated all remaining family members of Omri dynasty in Samaria, respectively all family members of king Ahab (p.194)

-- and Jehu is also said having exterminated the worship for god Baal and is praised in Old Testament for this, but he is also said that he did not refuse the "sins of Jerobeam" (p.243) [installing golden calves, see chapter 19].

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Photo sources

-- map of Israel with Kishon river: http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/israel-maps.htm


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