2 Kings 15:29
in 2 Kings 15In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
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ASV
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
KJV
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
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This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Tiglath-Pileser is the first among the Assyrian monarchs of Scripture whom we can certainly identify with a king mentioned in the monuments. According to the Assyrian Dr. he reigned from 745 B.C. to 727 B.C.; and the monuments show us this energetic and powerful prince (though, probably, an usurper), building and repairing palaces, levying armies, and carrying on successful wars against Merodach-Baladan in Babylonia, Rezin at Damascus, Hiram at; Tyre, the Medes, the Armenians, the natives of Northern Mesopotamia, and the Arabs who bordered upon Egypt.
This site's exposition
came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria
on 2 Kings 15:29-31
This is the empire's first captivity taken bodily out of the land, Naphtali's territory named town by town, Ijon, Abel-beth-maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead and Galilee, and the people carried to Assyria rather than merely taxed as Pul's earlier visit had been. The deportation begun here reaches its full stop thirteen years later at 17:6, when the whole northern kingdom follows Naphtali into exile; this verse is that ending's opening move. Hoshea's conspiracy against Pekah closes out the chapter's fifth and last northern king, and the closing formula follows as it has for every king before him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Nothing does more towards the making of a nation an easy prey to a common enemy than intestine broils and contests for the sovereignty. Happy the land where that is settled. This was the condition of Israel just before they were quite ruined and carried away captive, for that was in the ninth year of Hoshea, the last of these usurpers.
And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the L ORD , according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
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And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the L ORD : he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places.
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In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
in the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser--This monarch, who succeeded Pul on the throne of Assyria, is the only one of all the kings who does not give his genealogy, and is therefore supposed to have been an usurper.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Came Tiglath-pileser - He is supposed to have been the successor of Sardanapalus: Dean Prideaux makes him the same with Arbaces, called by Aelian Thilgamus, and by Usher Ninus junior; who, together with Belesis, headed the conspiracy against Sardanapalus, and fixed his seat at Nineveh, the ancient residence of the Assyrian kings; as did Belesis, who is called, in Isa 39:1, Baladan, fix his at Babylon. Took Ijon - These places belonged to Israel; and were taken by Ben-hadad, king of Syria, when he was in league with Asa, king of Judah. See 1Ki 15:20. They were regained by Jeroboam the second; and now they are taken from Israel once more by Tiglath-pileser. From 1Ch 5:26, we learn that Pul and Tiglath-pileser, kings of Assyria, carried away into captivity the two tribes of Reuben, and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; all that belonged to Israel, on the other side of Jordan. These were never restored to Israel.
The words behind it
31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּימֵ֞י | bimei | in [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| פֶּ֣קַח | pekach | Pekah | H6492 → | 11 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בָּא֮ | ba' | he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| תִּגְלַ֣ת | tiglat | Tiglath- | H8407 → | 12 times |
| פִּלְאֶסֶר֮ | pileser | pileser | H8407 → | 12 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַשּׁוּר֒ | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| וַיִּקַּ֣ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עִיּ֡וֹן | iyon | Ijon | H5859 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָבֵ֣ל | ʾavel | Abel | H62 → | 12 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | Beth | H62 → | 12 times |
| מַעֲכָ֡ה | maakhah | Maacah | H62 → | 12 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָ֠נוֹחַ | yanoach | Janoah | H3239 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קֶ֨דֶשׁ | kedesh | Kedesh | H6943 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חָצ֤וֹר | chatzor | Hazor | H2674 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגִּלְעָד֙ | hagilad | <the> Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגָּלִ֔ילָה | hagalilah | <the> Galilee towards | H1551 → | |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| נַפְתָּלִ֑י | naftali | Naphtali | H5321 → | |
| וַיַּגְלֵ֖ם | vaiyaglem | and he took into exile them | H1540 → | 186 times |
| אַשּֽׁוּרָה׃ | ʾashurah | Assyria towards | H804 → | 151 times |
בִּימֵ֞יin [the] days of
bimeiH3117 →2304 times
פֶּ֣קַחPekah
pekachH6492 →11 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בָּא֮he came
ba'H935 →2568 times
תִּגְלַ֣תTiglath-
tiglatH8407 →12 times
פִּלְאֶסֶר֮pileser
pileserH8407 →12 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
אַשּׁוּר֒Assyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
וַיִּקַּ֣חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עִיּ֡וֹןIjon
iyonH5859 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אָבֵ֣לAbel
ʾavelH62 →12 times
בֵּֽית־Beth
beit-H62 →12 times
מַעֲכָ֡הMaacah
maakhahH62 →12 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יָ֠נוֹחַJanoah
yanoachH3239 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
קֶ֨דֶשׁKedesh
kedeshH6943 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חָצ֤וֹרHazor
chatzorH2674 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַגִּלְעָד֙<the> Gilead
hagiladH1568 →134 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַגָּלִ֔ילָה<the> Galilee towards
hagalilahH1551 →
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
נַפְתָּלִ֑יNaphtali
naftaliH5321 →
וַיַּגְלֵ֖םand he took into exile them
vaiyaglemH1540 →186 times
אַשּֽׁוּרָה׃Assyria towards
ʾashurahH804 →151 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 15:19
Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
- 2 Kings 18:11
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 1 Chronicles 5:6
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile.
- 2 Kings 15:19
Through
Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
it leads to
- Joshua 21:11
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
- Joshua 21:11
Through
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
it leads to
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Hosea 13:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.