The Imperial Bible-dictionary By Patrick Fairbairn

The Imperial Bible-dictionary By Patrick Fairbairn: "to his own religious position the promise extended only to the fourth generation 2Ki níi so And before that term was expired his house had in turn become the subject of severe threatening and had to face the prospect of an exterminating doom По it In his cas as in the case of Jeroboam the worldly policy adopt utterly failed to secure its object The name of Jehu it is said occurs in an inscription on an obelisk discovered in the north west palace of Ximroud which has been interpreted thus Jehu the eon of Khumri supposed to be for Omri and taking the house of Jehu as successor to the house Omri Lajard NinevohaudBabrlon p ei3 It may be so but it certainly does not wear a very natural appearance nor does Scripture give indication of any ultimate connection at that time with the Assyrian empire "