Olney Hymns · Character
Jehu
The king of Israel who destroyed the house of Ahab and the worship of Baal.
minor
First appearance: book i on select texts of scripture
Jehu shows up with force in Cautions. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited as an example of false zeal, boasting 'Come, see what I can do.'
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In Cautions: Cited as an example of false zeal, boasting 'Come, see what I can do.' Later, in True and False Zeal: Cited as an example of…
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- Other
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- Divine Judgment and Mercy
- Faith and Redemption Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional peak occurs in stanza V, where the speaker’s hope is violently extinguished as Satan obscures ev…
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See Jehu in book i on select texts of scripture