2 Re 15:29

29 A’ dì di Peca, re d’Israele, venne Tiglat-pileser, re degli Assiri, e prese Ion, ed Abel-met-maaca, e Ianoa, e Chedes, ed Hasor, e Galaad, e la Galilea, tutto il paese di Neftali; e menò il popolo in cattività in Assiria.

2 Re 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 Re 15:29 In-Context

27 L’anno cinquantesimosecondo di Azaria, re di Giuda, Peca, figliuolo di Remalia, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele in Samaria, e regnò vent’anni.

28 E fece quello che dispiace al Signore; egli non si rivolse da’ peccati di Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, co’ quali egli avea fatto peccare Israele.

29 A’ dì di Peca, re d’Israele, venne Tiglat-pileser, re degli Assiri, e prese Ion, ed Abel-met-maaca, e Ianoa, e Chedes, ed Hasor, e Galaad, e la Galilea, tutto il paese di Neftali; e menò il popolo in cattività in Assiria.

30 Or Osea, figliuolo di Ela, fece congiura contro a Peca, figliuolo di Remalia, e lo percosse, e l’uccise, e regnò in luogo suo, l’anno ventesimo di Iotam, figliuolo di Uzzia.

31 Ora, quant’è al rimanente de’ fatti di Peca, e tutto quello ch’egli fece; ecco, queste cose sono scritte nel libro delle Croniche dei re d’Israele.