2 Kings 15:14

Then came up Menahem son of Gadi, from Tirzah, and entered Samaria, and smote Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria,—and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13Shallum the son of Jabesh, began to reign, in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah,—for the space of a month in Samaria.

15Now, the rest of the story of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold them! written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel!

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Cross References

1 Kings 15:21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, he left off building Ramah,—and returned to Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, began Elah son of Baasha to reign over Israel, in Tirzah, [and he reigned] two years.

1 Kings 16:17So Omri, and all Israel with him, went up from Gibbethon,—and laid siege against Tirzah.

2 Kings 15:17In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, began Menahem son of Gadi to reign over Israel, ten years [reigned he], in Samaria.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 15:9-32

The Reigns of Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, and Hoshea. ( b. c. 758.) 8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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