hebrew greek latin 7th century according biblical account succeeded father remembered practices king led revolt eventually assassination life son king daughter date unknown hebrew bible records married daughter began reign age reigned years biblical scholar dated reign professor offers dates dates tied reign son death hands occurred summer death independently confirmed egyptian history places end reign years earlier beginning rule hebrew bible records continued father practice set pagan images father states evil sight father walked way father walked served idols father served similarly records evil sight lord father sacrificed unto images father served tradition recounts burnt allowed spider cover altar complete like sources criticizes reign describing reign similarly bible reigning years assassinated servants succeeded son time years old assassination murderers unpopular people ultimately killed scholars assert assassinated people disliked heavy influence age old enemy responsible destruction era reign midst transitional time levant entire region east beginning risen replace west egypt recovering occupation transforming vassal state autonomous ally power vacuum smaller states able govern foreign intervention larger
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