Jehu becomes king

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

841 BC

Traditional reckoning

886 BC

How it's dated

Assyrian records

Jehu's tribute to Shalmaneser III, shown on the Black Obelisk, is in 841 BC.

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Theographic event 190; Black Obelisk (Shalmaneser III); Thiele (1983).

Where is it in the Bible?

• 2 Kings 9:13

Who was there, and where?

• Jehu

Where: Samaria.

Which verses connect to 2 Kings 9:13?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. 1 Kings 1:345 votes

   There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

2. 1 Kings 1:395 votes

   Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

3. Mark 11:7–85 votes

   Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it. Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.

4. 2 Samuel 15:103 votes

   Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”

5. Psalm 47:5–73 votes

   God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises! …

6. Psalm 98:63 votes

   With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.