<div dir="ltr"><div><< Lisa Liel wrote: Hashem sent nevi'im to anoint kings who weren't from Yehudah. <span class="">Shaul, Yeravam, Yehu... I have to figure that if He did that, it's okay.</span><br><br>In any case, the Ralbag and Radaq say she wasn't Jewish. >><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"><br></span></div><div><br></div><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px">Note also that Athaliah is the daughter of King </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab" title="Ahab" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial">Ahab</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"> and Queen </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezebel_(Bible)" title="Jezebel (Bible)" class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial">Jezebel</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"> of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial">Israel</a> (according to most commentaries)<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px">. Athaliah was married to Jehoram of Judah to seal a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial">treaty</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"> between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and to secure his position. </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px">In any case we have many cases in Tanach where Jews married nonJews (and at least the Bible doesnt mention any conversion).</span><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px">As we have discussed the most famous case is Ruth where her conversion seems to occur after the death of Machon and Kilyon. Others cases involve marriages of kings for political purposes including David and Shlomo. Note that Rechavam's mother Naama was an ammonite.</span></font></div><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px">In addition we have the famous story of Shimshom. Of course before Sinai we have Moshe Rabbenu.</span></font></div><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px">Later in history Ezra fought against the prevelant custom of marrying nonJewish women.</span></font></div><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px">see also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith_marriage_in_Judaism">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith_marriage_in_Judaism</a></span></font></div><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px">Eli<br></span></font><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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