And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
And Menahem lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Pekahiah his son in his stead.
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
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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.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
