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2 Kings 15:14 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 15 · verse 14
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.2 Kings 15:14 · King James Version
2 Kings 15:14 in context
12This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
15And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MenahemMᵉnachêmMenachem, an IsraeliteH4505 →
- SamariaShômᵉrôwnShomeron, a place in PalestineH8111 →
- ShallumShallûwmShallum, the name of fourteen IsraelitesH7967 →
- TirzahTirtsâhTirtsah, a place in PalestineH8656 →
- JabeshYâbêshJobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in PalestineH3003 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
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The best days of the kingdom of Israel were while the government was in Jehu's family. In his reign, and the next three reigns, though there were many abominable corruptions and miserable grievances in Israel, yet the crown went in succession, the kings died in their beds, and some care was taken of public affairs;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-31