Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Patrina" <patrina AT bestmail.us>]

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:31:35 +0200, editor AT sdbh.org said:
> Dear Walter,
> 
> My impression is that not everybody in Judah was in agreement with
> Hezekiah's efforts to centralize the worship of YHWH. It seems that
> Rabshakeh brought this up because this was quite a hot item. Maybe he
> wanted to destabilize Hezekiah's position by bringing up this painful
> issue. The question whether YHWH was in agreement or not was a secondary
> issue, to my opinion.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Reinier de Blois

I agree. I think it was politically savvy, hitting a sore spot with the
people, who had no need for centralisation.

Patrina Nuske Small
Adelaide, South Australia