2 Re 15:29

29 Al tempo di Pekah, re d’Israele, venne Tiglath-Pileser, re di Assiria, e prese Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maaca, Janoah, Kedesh, Hatsor, Galaad, la Galilea, tutto il paese di Neftali, e ne menò gli abitanti 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, Pekah, figliuolo di Remalia, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele a Samaria, e regnò venti anni.

28 Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; non si ritrasse dai peccati coi quali Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, avea fatto peccare Israele.

29 Al tempo di Pekah, re d’Israele, venne Tiglath-Pileser, re di Assiria, e prese Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maaca, Janoah, Kedesh, Hatsor, Galaad, la Galilea, tutto il paese di Neftali, e ne menò gli abitanti in cattività in Assiria.

30 Hosea, figliuolo di Ela, ordì una congiura contro Pekah, figliuolo di Remalia; lo colpì, l’uccise, e regnò in luogo suo, l’anno ventesimo del regno di Jotham, figliuolo di Uzzia.

31 Il rimanente delle azioni di Pekah, tutto quello che fece, si trova scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele.