ASL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Tribe Of Ephraim, Ahaz, Pekah
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Isaiah 1-7: a) a scholar would believe that the most important people in the incident is king ahaz, king. Rezin (of damascus), king pekah (of israel), isaiah, and shear-jashub: king rezin and king pekah are kings of two allied nations damascus and israel. The two are trying to take over judah so that they can appoint a king who will be more supportive of them and become ally with their nation. King ahaz is the king of judah, isaiah is a prophet sent by the. They ask of judah"s support in the upcoming war but the king of judah king jotham did not want to join the alliance because he thought the alliance was too unstable because of the 2 current ally"s shaky history. King jotham suddenly dies which left his 20-year-old son king ahaz to face the upcoming battle.
