2 Kings 15:29

29 In the days of Israel's King Pekah, Assyria's King Tiglath-pileser came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He sent the people into exile to Assyria.

2 Kings 15:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:29

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 ^F3, Pul-Asir; so Phul-Assar by Metasthenes ^F4, who says he reigned twenty five years; he very probably was the son of Pul the Assyrian king, mentioned ( 2 Kings 15:19 ) , and is thought to be the same that Aelianus ^F5 calls Tilgamos; some think he had the first part of his name from Diglath, or Diglito, by which the river Tigris is called in Pliny ^F6, with which Assyria was washed; and that Pil, or Pul, is Baal, Bel, Jupiter, and Azar is Mars ^F7; of all which his name is composed:

and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah;
of which see ( 1 Kings 15:20 ) ,

and Janoah;
a city in the tribe of Ephraim, ( Joshua 16:6 )

and Kedesh, and Hazor;
cities in Naphtali: ( Joshua 19:36 Joshua 19:37 )

and Gilead;
a country beyond Jordan, which belonged to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh:

and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali;
that is, upper Galilee, which lay in Naphtali:

and carried them captive to Assyria;
which was the first captivity of Israel in which half their tribes were carried away.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 David Ganz. Ut supra. (Tzemach David, par. 2. fol. 3. 2.)
F4 Ut supra. (De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2.)
F5 De Animal. l. 12. c. 21.
F6 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 27.
F7 Hyde Hist. Relig. Pers. p. 65, 66.

2 Kings 15:29 In-Context

27 Pekah, Remaliah's son, became king of Israel in the fifty-second year of Judah's King Azariah. Pekah ruled for twenty years in Samaria.

28 He did what was evil in the LORD's eyes. He didn't deviate from the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat's son, had caused Israel to commit.

29 In the days of Israel's King Pekah, Assyria's King Tiglath-pileser came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He sent the people into exile to Assyria.

30 Then Hoshea, Elah's son, plotted against Pekah, Remaliah's son. He struck Pekah down, murdering him. Hoshea became king after Pekah in the twentieth year of Uzziah's son Jotham.

31 The rest of Pekah's kingship and all that he accomplished are written in the official records of Israel's kings.