2 Kings 15:22

22 Menahem slept with his fathers; and 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 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 didn't stay there in the land.

21 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

22 Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.

23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] two years.

24 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.