Jehu
King of Israel · Historical Figures · Lived 876 BC to 814 BC · aged 62
The king who took power in a coup and turned the throne into an executioner's platform - erasing an entire royal line in blood. His 28-year reign is remembered not for what he built but for whom he killed.
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Jehu was the tenth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. He ruled from roughly 842 to 815 BCE, a reign that lasted 28 years. The defining act: he exterminated the house of Ahab, wiping out the previous dynasty. The principal record of these events survives in 2 Kings. What followed the purge was decades on the throne, power secured by the blade that won it.
