2 Kings 15:22
in 2 Kings 15And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Pul the king of Assyria came against the land
on 2 Kings 15:19-22
Pul is the first Assyrian king this scroll names coming against Israel's own soil, the empire that will finish the north at 17:6 entering the story here as a threat bought off rather than fought. The Babylonian king lists identify Pul with Tiglath-pileser the third under his throne name, the same king who returns at verse 29 under his better known name to take Naphtali captive; Menahem's thousand talents only postpones what his successors cannot buy off twice. The tribute falls on every wealthy man at fifty shekels apiece, a land tax raised to pay a foreign king to leave, and the closing formula and Pekahiah's succession follow at once.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Menahem slept with his fathers,.... Died a natural death, and in peace, though an usurper and a tyrant: and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead; the kingdom he had usurped continued in his family.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| מְנַחֵ֖ם | menachem | Menahem | H4505 → | 8 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| פְּקַחְיָ֥ה | pekachyah | Pekahiah | H6494 → | 3 times |
| בְנ֖וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
מְנַחֵ֖םMenahem
menachemH4505 →8 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֑יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
פְּקַחְיָ֥הPekahiah
pekachyahH6494 →3 times
בְנ֖וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Kings
This page draws on F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.