Jehu or Hazael? The Mysterious Deaths of Kings Joram and Ahaziah in Light of the Hebrew Bible and the Tel Dan Stele

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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2026.013

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Jehu, Hazael, Joram, Ahaziah, Bible, Tel Dan Stele, Israel, Judah, Aram

Abstract

The deaths of Kings Joram and Ahaziah are described differently in the Hebrew Bible and the Tel Dan Stele, a discrepancy that has sparked considerable controversy among biblical historians. The aim of this article is to present and explain the reasons behind this controversy and to offer a reinterpretation of the source texts on the basis of the author’s own observations.

Author Biography

Mateusz Wesołowski, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

mgr Mateusz Andrzej Wesołowski (ur. 1995) – absolwent Wydziału Historii (kierunek: historia) oraz Wydziału Prawa i Administracji (kierunek: prawo) na Uniwersytecie im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Obecnie doktorant historii w Szkole Doktorskiej Nauk Humanistycznym UAM oraz aplikant adwokacki w Wielkopolskiej Izbie Adwokackiej w Poznaniu. Wiceprzewodniczący Rady Doktorantów SDNH UAM w kadencji 2025/2026. Autor samodzielnej monografii naukowej pt. Wybuch i początek powstania hasmonejskiego do roku 164 przed Chrystusem (2022). W ramach doktoratu przygotowuje rozprawę pod wstępnym tytułem: Izrael i Juda w IX wieku przed Chr. Między Biblią, a historiografią nowoczesną.

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WESOŁOWSKI, Mateusz. Jehu or Hazael? The Mysterious Deaths of Kings Joram and Ahaziah in Light of the Hebrew Bible and the Tel Dan Stele. Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia. Online. 30 June 2026. Vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 275-305. [Accessed 9 October 2026]. DOI 10.12775/BPTh.2026.013.

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