“The Son of Tabeal”

K. Douglas Bassett

(Isa. 7:6)

“The Lord even disclosed the plans of the enemy. He said they intended to “make a breach” in Judah’s defenses and put a man of their own choosing on the throne. This would be a “son of Tabeal.” Tabeal is described as “a man whose son went with the armies of Pekah, the king of Israel, and Rezin of Damascus, when they invaded Judah in the time of Ahaz” (Francis Nathan Peloubet, Peloubet’s Bible Dictionary [Philadelphia: The John C. Winston company, 1925], p. 659.) The idea was to set up the son of Tabeal as a puppet king if Judah was conquered.”

(W. Cleon Skousen, Isaiah Speaks to Modern Times [Salt Lake City: Ensign Publishing Co., 1984], 202.)

Commentaries on Isaiah: In the Book or Mormon

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