2 Kings 15:14 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 15:14

Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.

BSB

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ASV

And 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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Tirzah, the old capital, once more appears as a place of importance, giving birth to the pretender, who alone of all these later kings died a natural death, and left the crown to his son 2Ki 15:22. It would seem from the present passage to have been on lower ground than Samaria.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Probably he was general in the army, which then lay encamped at Tirzah, and, hearing of Shallum's treason and usurpation, hastened to punish it, as Omri did that of Zimri in a like case, 1 Kings xvi. Menahem held the kingdom ten years,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Shallum . . . reigned a full month--He was opposed and slain by Menahem, who, according to JOSEPHUS, was commander of the forces, which, on the report of the king's murder, were besieging Tirzah, a town twelve miles east of Samaria, and formerly a seat of the kings of Israel.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעַל֩	vai.ya.'Al	and he went up	H5927 →
מְנַחֵ֨ם	me.na.Chem	Menahem	H4505 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
גָּדִ֜י	ga.Di	Gadi	H1424 →
מִתִּרְצָ֗ה	mi.tir.Tzah	from Tirzah	H8656 →
וַיָּבֹא֙	vai.ya.Vo'	and he came	H935 →
שֹׁמְר֔וֹן	sho.me.Ron	Samaria	H8111 →
וַיַּ֛ךְ	vai.Yakh	and he struck down	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שַׁלּ֥וּם	sha.Lum	Shallum	H7967 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יָבֵ֖ישׁ	ya.Veish	Jabesh	H3003 →
בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן	be.sho.me.Ron	in Samaria	H8111 →
וַיְמִיתֵ֖הוּ	vay.mi.Te.hu	and he killed him	H4191 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ	vai.yim.Lokh	and he became king	H4427 →
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃	tach.Tav	in place of him	H8478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 14:17
Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:4
  You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 15:33
  In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
- 1 Kings 16:23
  In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 15:21
  When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:15
  In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
Through
1 Kings 16:15
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
leads to
- 1 Kings 15:27
  Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
- Joshua 19:44
  Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
Through
1 Kings 15:21
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
leads to
- 1 Kings 14:17
  Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

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