The family that led the revolt made themselves rulers of the re-established Judaean commonwealth.

For such beliefs as these there is ample evidence in the Judaean tradition, even during the pre-Palestinian wanderings.

In the long reign of his son Manasseh later writers saw the deathblow to the Judaean kingdom.

It is a late Judaean narrative inserted after the Deuteronomic redaction, and 812 breaks the connexion between xii.