them. Elsewhere in the Bible treaty partners are called “men who are at peace with you” (cf. Obad. 7; Ps. 55:20). Jehu From archaeology we learn about another Israelite ruler, Jehu, king of Israel, who became a vassal of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III in 841 BCE. Carved into the stone of one of Shalmaneser’s monuments, the Black Obelisk, is a scene that appears to show Jehu prostrating himself before Shalmaneser and his courtiers. The inscription accompanying the scene states, “I received the