2 Kings 15:13-16

Shallum Reigns in Israel

13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of ¹Uzziah^[a] king of Judah, and he reigned one month in ²Samaria.

14 Then Menahem the son of Gadi came up from ³Tirzah and came to Samaria, and he struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death and reigned in his place.

15 Now the rest of the deeds of Shallum, and the conspiracy that he made, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

16 At that time Menahem sacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on, because they did not open it to him. Therefore he sacked it, ⁴and he ripped open all the women in it who were pregnant.

2 Kings 15:13-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 15

This chapter begins with the reign of Azariah king of Judah, 2Ki 15:1-7, and then gives a short account of the several kings of Israel, to the last of them; of Zachariah, 2Ki 15:8-12, of Shallum, 2Ki 15:13,14,15 of Menahem, 2Ki 15:16-22 of Pekahiah, 2Ki 15:23-26, of Pekah, succeeded by Hoshea, the last of them, 2Ki 15:27-31, and is included with the reign of Jotham king of Judah, 2Ki 15:32-38.

Cross References

• 1. [ver. 1]
• 2. 1 Kings 16:24
• 3. 1 Kings 14:17
• 4. See 2 Kings 8:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Another name for Azariah