2 Kings 15:22

22 So Menahem rested with his fathers. Then Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.

2 Kings 15:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:22

And Menahem slept with his fathers
Died a natural death, and in peace, though an usurper and a tyrant:

and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead;
the kingdom he had usurped continued in his family.

2 Kings 15:22 In-Context

20 And Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land.
21 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22 So Menahem rested with his fathers. Then Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
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