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, with some of the districts on its boundary, and carried them captive to Assyria. This was the beginning of Israel's end.
Verse 29. _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_...
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 7...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Reign and death of Azariah (Uzziah) (2 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 26)._ 2. Reign and death of Zachariah (2 Kings 15:8) 3. Reign and death of Shallum ...
LAST KINGS OF ISRAEL. Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, reigned but six months (2 Kings 15:8), and was killed by Shallum, probably, as LXX (L) reads, in Ibleam, instead of the Heb., which is doubtfully...
TIGLATH PILESER. See note on "Pul", 2 Kings 15:19. ABEL-BETH-MAACHAH... GILEAD. These names are mentioned in Tiglath's own inscriptions. CARRIED THEM CAPTIVE. This deportation took place in 734 B.C.,...
_Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria_ This is the second Assyrian king of this name; the first having flourished in the twelfth century b.c. For some of the facts connected with his history see note on ve...
TIGLATH-PILESER, KING OF ASSYRIA, &C.— He is supposed by some to have been the son and successor of _Sardanapalus,_ who restored the kingdom of Assyria and possessed it, after it had been dismembered...
D. PEKAH, THE GREAT NATIONALIST 15:27-31 TRANSLATION (27) In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel; he reigned in Samaria twenty years....
_IN THE DAYS OF PEKAH KING OF ISRAEL CAME TIGLATH-PILESER KING OF ASSYRIA, AND TOOK IJON, AND ABEL-BETH-MA'ACHAH, AND JONOAH, AND KEDESH, AND HAZOR, AND GILEAD, AND GALILEE, ALL THE LAND OF NAPHTALI,...
SUNDRY BRIEF ANNALS This chapter relates the reigns of Azariah and Jotham of Judah, and of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah of Israel....
TIGLATH-PILESER] see on 2 Kings 15:19. The invasion here described was connected with the attack made by Pekah and his ally Rezin of Damascus, upon Ahaz of Judah (2 Kings 16:5.). Of the places taken b...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 UZZIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Uzziah, Amaziah’s son, began his rule as king of *Judah. He did so in the 27th...
(27-31) THE REIGN OF PEKAH, SON OF REMALIAH, IN SAMARIA. (27) REIGNED TWENTY YEARS. — This does not agree with the duration assigned to the reign of Jotham (2 Kings 15:33), and the year assigned as th...
בִּ ימֵ֞י פֶּ֣קַח מֶֽלֶךְ ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל בָּא֮...
THE AGONY OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM 2 Kings 15:8 Shallum B. C. 740 MENAHEM B. C. 740-737 PEKAHIAH B. C. 757-735 PEKAH B. C.735-734 "Blood toucheth blood."- Hosea 4:2 "The revolters are pr...
USURPERS AND INVADERS 2 Kings 15:23 The dissolution of Israel proceeded rapidly, for nothing could avert the steady advance of the Assyrian. According to the usual policy of Eastern conquerors, the f...
The throne of Judah was occupied by Azariah, the Uzziah of Isaiah. In the main, his reign was characterized by obedience to the divine will, yet the people continued in sin, and the king was smitten w...
In the days of Pekah king of Israel (k) came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, a...
CHAPTER XV. Assyria, at the invitation of Achaz, chap. xvi. 7. --- Theglathphalasar is probably the same who is called Ninus the younger, or Thilgam, (\'c6lian. animal. xii. 21.) by profane writers....
I bring the whole into this compass, not only for the sake of brevity, but because the observations which are suited to one reign more or less will suit them all. Short as this chapter is, the events...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17. Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of Jehovah...
IN THE DAYS OF PEKAH KING OF ISRAEL CAME TIGLATHPILESER KING OF ASSYRIA,.... Into the land of Israel; he is called by a Jewish chronologer c, Pul-Asir; so Phul-Assar by Metasthenes d, who says he reig...
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and c...
_In the days of Pekah came Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria_, &c. He is supposed by some to have been the son and successor of Sardanapalus, who restored the kingdom of Assyria, and possessed it after...
1 Azariah his good reigne. 5 He dying a Leper, Iotham succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, the last of Iehu his generation, reigning ill, is slaine by Shallum. 13 Shallum reigning a moneth, is slaine by Menahe...
AZARIAH'S REIGN IN JUDAH (vv.1-17) The reign of Azariah began after Jereboam had reigned 27 years in Samaria. We have seen Azariah (Uzziah) was only 16 years old when he began to reign, and reigned...
8-31 This history shows Israel in confusion. Though Judah was not without troubles, yet that kingdom was happy, compared with the state of Israel. The imperfections of true believers are very differe...
TIGLATH-PILESER, or, _Tilgath-pilneser_, 2 CHRONICLES 28:20, called in heathen authors _Phulasar, or Phul-assur_, the son of that Pul or Phul above, 2 KINGS 15:19. ABEL-BETH-MAACHAH; of which see...
2 Kings 15:29 days H3117 Pekah H6492 king H4428 Israel H3478 Tiglath-Pileser H8407 king H4428 Assyria H804 came H935
THE REIGN OF PEKAH KING OF ISRAEL C. 739-732/31 BC (2 KINGS 15:27). The appeasement party having been defeated, and their king overthrown, Israel became mainly anti-appeasment, and as such would unite...
CONTENTS: Reign of Azariah and Jotham over Judah and Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Azariah, Jotham, Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pul, Pekahiah, Pekah, Rez...
2 Kings 15:1. _Azariah;_ that is, Uzziah, as below, and Isaiah 6:1. He was a good man under affliction, brought several of the ten tribes under the wings of his defence, extended his empire to the Red...
_And carried them captive to Assyria._ CAPTIVITY A very humbling expression! But this is an aspect of providence we cannot afford, if we be wise men, to ignore. Tiglath-pileser, King of Assyria, came...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 15:8 Israel’s Last Days. The Lord had promised Jehu that his descendants would reign after him to the “fourth generation” (2 Kings 10:30). Wit
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 15:27 PEKAH is the last of the Israelite kings to rule during the long reign of AZARIAH in Judah. Toward the end of Pekah’s reign, in 733–732 B.C.,...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 15:10. ASSASSINATION OF ZACHARIAH BY THE CONSPIRATOR SHALLUM—The compound word rendered “_before the people_,” would seem to record a public act of regicide to...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 15:1 REIGNS OF AZARIAH AND JOTHAM OVER JUDAH; AND OF ZACHARIAH, SHALLUM, MENAHEM, PEKAHIAH, AND PE
He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, he reigned for fifty-two years (2 Kings 15:2). One of the longest reigns. He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that...
1 Chronicles 5:26; 1 Chronicles 5:6; 1 Kings 15:20; 1 Kings 9:11;...