Menahem
And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, [even] of all the
mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to
give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned
back, and stayed not there in the land....
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[And] Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and
Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand
might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand....
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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....
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Menahem, (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם, Modern Menaẖem Tiberian Menạḥēm, from
a Hebrew word meaning "the consoler" or "comforter"; Greek:
Manaem in the Septuagint, Manaen in Aquila; Latin: Manahem;
full name: Hebrew: מנחם בן גדי, Menahem Ben Gadi [II Kings,
15:17-22]) was a king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of
Israel. He was the son of Gadi, and the ...
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men'-a-hem (menachem, "one who comforts"; Manaem; 2 Ki
15:14-22):
1. Accession and Reign:
Son of Gadi and 16th king of Israel. He reigned 10 years.
Menahem was probably the officer in charge of the royal
troops in Tirzah, one of the king's residences, at the time
of the murder of Zechariah by Shallum. Hearing of the deed,
he brought up his tro...
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(comforter), son of Gadi, who slew the usurper Shallum, and
seized the vacant throne of Israel. B.C. 772. His reign, which
lasted ten years, is briefly recorded in 2Ki 15:14-22 He
maintained the calf-worship of Jeroboam. The contemporary
prophets Hosea and Amos have left a melancholy picture of the
ungodliness, demoralization and feebleness of...
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conforting, the son of Gadi, and successor of Shallum, king of
Israel, whom he slew. After a reign of about ten years
(B.C.
771-760) he died, leaving the throne to his son
Pekahiah. His
reign was one of cruelty and oppression (2 Kings
15:14-22).
During his reign, Pul (q.v.), king of Assyria, came
with a
powerful force against Israel, but w...
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Son of Gadi. Slew Shallum, and seized the throne of Israel,
772 B.C.; reigned ten years. The words (2 Kings 15:14; 2
Kings 15:16) "from Tirzah" imply that Menahem was a general
under Zechariah, stationed at Tirzah (now Tallusa), and that
he marched thence with some troops to Samaria, and avenged
his master's murder by Shallum. He then, proceed...
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comforter; who conducts them; preparation of heat...
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