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2 Kings 15:22 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 15 · verse 22
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.2 Kings 15:22 · King James Version
2 Kings 15:22 in context
20And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
21And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PekahiahPᵉqachyâhPekachjah, an Israelite kingH6494 →
- MenahemMᵉnachêmMenachem, an IsraeliteH4505 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- sleptshâkabto lie downH7901 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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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