KING Ss. Chip. XVI, [up againſt Pekah, as the Man who by his Murder of King Pekahiah the Son of Menahem, whom rhe A4ſhrian Monarch ſer up and favoured, and by his unneceſſary War with 4haz, had brought the 4ſjrian upon thems and cauſed the loſs of one half of that Kingdom. g ef. How could this be, when Jetham Reigned wy 16 Years, below, wv. 33 ? Anſ. The meaning is, That he began his Reign in the rwentieth Year after the beninning of Jethams Reign ; or, which is the ſame thing, in the fourth Year of Ahaz, Son of Jotham, as appears from chap. 16. 1+ But the Sacred Writer, having not yet made mention of 4hazx, thought ir more proper to number Hoſhea's Years by J0:ham, of whom he had ſpoken, than by Abaz. Beſides. as J9tham did Reign divers Yearsin his Fathers Life, ſo might 4haz in Jothams Life, and Jotham might for divers Reaſons (which it is needleſs here to enquire) reſign up the Adminiſtration of the Kingdom wholly into A4þaz his hands ſome Years before his Death, and therefore might be faid to Reign but 16 Years, though he lived longer.
nap. XV. 'TI. zah, and came to Samaria, and ſmote Shallum the ſon = Jabeſh in Samaria,and ſlew him, and reigned in his ſtead.
15 And the reſt of the adts of Shallum, and his con- ſpiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of. the kings of Iſrael.
16 © Then Menahem ſmote Tiphſah », and all that were therein, and the coafts thereof from Tirzah s : becauſe they opened not to him p, therefore he ſmote
Chap: 7, and all * the women therein thar were with child, * 12;
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* , Chr; 5: 263
* filver, that his hand might be with him, to confirm the
| cauſed to even of all the mighty men of wealth, cf each man x fifty | come forthe ſhekels of ſilver, to give to the king of Afſyria : ſo the
T There hjm, and reigned in his room.
"Ila 7: 1: Tſrael in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
. Phulaſar. or Phui-Aſſur,.the Son of that Pul or Phul above, v. 9. a Of
13 And he did that which was evil in the ſight of the 0
land /'; and Menahem gave # Pul a thouſand talents of
kingdom in his hand «.
7 Called by Heathen Authors Pl Belechus, who by the help of Arbaces the Mede, vanquiſhed Sardanapalus the laſt Monarch of A4ſhria, and tranſlated the Kingdom to Chaldes, and was the firſt King of Babylon and Aſyria ; Arbaces being made King ofthe Medes and Perſians. { To wit, of Iſrael, as the Context ſhews. * 1. e. Agreed or promiſed to give, as the next Verſe explains ir. « That he might afliſt him againſt all that did or ſhould oppoſe him. By which it 2ppears, thar his Cruelty to Tiphſah was ſo far from eſtabliſhing him, as he ex- petted, that it weakned and endangered him fo far, that he was forced to call in a Foreign Prince to his Aide
20 And Menahem + exacted the money of Iſrael,
king of Afyria turned back, and ftayed not there inthe land.
* i. e. Of each of thoſe wealthy Iſraelites. Bur as each of theſe were not equally Wealthy, ſo it is not probable that he taxed them equally. Others therefore render it, zo or for each man, 1 e. for every Aſjrian Soldier : which Interpretation is favoured by the wn, ul the Words in the Hebrew Text, which differs from that 1n our Tranſlation. WY
21 { And the reſt of the as of Menaheni* I that he did, are they not written in the book ofthe Chronicles of the kings . of Iſrael ?
22 And Menahem flept with his Fathers, and Peka- hiah his ſon reigned in his ſtead.
23 © In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the ſon of Menahem beganto reign over Iſrael in Samaria, and reigned ewo years.
24 And he did that which was evil in the ſight of the LORD, he departed not from the fins of Jeroboam the ſon of Nebat, who made Iſrael to ſin, | |
25 But Pekah the ſon of Remaliah, a captain of his, conſpired againſt him, and ſmore him in Samaria, in the palace of the kings houſe, with Argob, and Arieh ||, and f with him fifry men of the Gileadites y : and he killed
|} Who might be either Pekah's partners in this Treaſon : or, the Kings Courtiers or Officers, who were now ſlain with him. y Who aſſiſted him in the execution of his Treaſon.
26 And the reſt of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Iſrael. |
27 © In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, * Pekah the ſon of Remaliah began to reign over
28 And he did that which was evil in the ſight of the LORD, he departed not from the fins of Jeroboam the ſon of Nebarc, who made Ifſtael to ſin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Iſrael, came * Tig- lath-pileſer z king of Aſſyria, and took Ijon, and Abe]- beth-maachah s, andJanoahb, and Kedeſh, and Hazor ec, and Gilead 4, and Galilee e, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Aſſyria.
z Or, Tiglath-pilneſer, 2 Chron- 28, 20. called in Heathen Authors
which ſee « K:ng515. 20. b A City of Ephraim, Joſ, 16.6. c Two Cities of Naphrl:, Jof 12: 22» and 19. 36. d All the Land beyond Jordan, which was nigher to the Aſian than the reſt. eTo wit, the upper Galilee, as may be gathered from the following Words, a, | ( or, even all ) che Land of Naphtali : which ſeem to be added by way of explicati-n or reſtriQion, to ſhew what Galilee he meant, even the upper, in which Naphral:”s lot fell, See the Notes on 1/a. 5g. 1.
20 And Hoſhea the fon of Elah made a conſpiracy 8gainſt Pekah the ſon of Remaliah, and ſmote him, and
flew him f, and reigned in his ſtead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the fon of Uzziah g.
e| did, behold, they are written in the book of the chroni-
31 And the reſt of the ads of Pekah, and all that he
cles of the kings of Iſrael. |
32 © In the ſecond year of Pekah theſon of Remaliah king of Iſrael, began * Jotham the ſon of Uzziah king * » the: | of Judah to reign. 273 33 23 Fiveand twenty years old was he when he began
to reign h,and he reigned ſixteen years in Jeruſalem : and
his mothers name was Jeruſha, the daughter of Zadok.
þ To wit, properly and alone : for he had Reigned before this, aS his Fathers Deputy and Vice-Roy |
34 And he did that Which was right in the ſight of the LORD : he did according to all that his Father Uzziah had done.
25 4 Howbeit, the high places were not removed : the people ſacrificed and burnt incenſe ſtill in the high places : he built the higher gates of the Houſe of the LORD z.