- Nadab of Israel
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Kings of Ancient Israel - Saul • Ish-bosheth
- David • Solomon • Rehoboam
- Jeroboam I • Nadab
- Baasha • Elah
- Zimri
- Omri • Ahab • Ahaziah • Joram/Jehoram
- Jehu • Jehoahaz • Joash/Jehoash • Jeroboam II • Zechariah
- Shallum
- Menahem • Pekahiah
- Pekah • Hoshea
Nadab (Hebrew: נָדָב) was the second king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son and successor of Jeroboam. (1 Kings 14:20)
Nadab became king of Israel in the second year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned for two years. (1 Kings 15:25) William F. Albright has dated his reign to 901 - 900 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 910 - 909 BCE.[1]
In the second year of his reign, while they were besieging Gibbethon - a Philistine town in southern Dan (Joshua 19:40-44) - a conspiracy broke out in Nadab's own army. He was slain by one of his own captains, Baasha, who then made himself king of Israel. (1 Kings 15:25-28)
Baasha subsequently assassinated the entire House of Jeroboam; so did this great Ephraimite family become extinct. (1 Kings 15:29) This was consistent with the divine prophecy given via the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite concerning the extinction of the entire House of Jeroboam. (1 Kings 14:1-18)
References
- ^ Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). ISBN 0-8254-3825-X, 9780825438257
Nadab of IsraelRegnal titles Preceded by
Jeroboam IKing of Israel
910 BC – 909 BCSucceeded by
BaashaIsraelite kings and Kings of the Jews Family tree of kings of Israel and Judah Pre-dynastic United Monarchy Israel (Northern Kingdom) Judah (Southern Kingdom)
(House of David)Hasmonean dynasty Simon Maccabaeus · John Hyrcanus · Aristobulus I · Alexander Jannaeus · Salome Alexandra · Hyrcanus II · Aristobulus II · Hyrcanus II · Antigonus II MattathiasHerodian dynasty Antipater the Idumaean · Herod the Great · Archelaus · Antipas · Philip the Tetrarch · Salome I · Agrippa I · Agrippa IIitalics indicate a disputed reign or a non-royal title
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.Categories:- Kings of ancient Israel
- Kings of ancient Judah
- Monarchs of the Hebrew Bible
- 900s BC deaths
- 909 BC crimes
- 10th-century BC biblical rulers
- Murdered monarchs
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