The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:16-22
REIGN OF MENAHEM , AND EXPEDITION OF PUL AGAINST SAMARIA . Two events only of Menahem's reign receive notice from the writer. read more
列王纪下 15:22-26 Cunpss
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:22
And Menahem slept with his fathers — i.e; died— and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. So Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 9.11. § 1), who calls him "Phakeias." read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:23-26
SHORT REIGN OF PEKAHIAH . The short reign of Pekahiah was wholly undistinguished. He held the throne for two years only, or perhaps for parts of two years, and performed no action that any historian has thought worthy of record. Our author has nothing to relate of him but the circumstances of his death ( 2 Kings 15:25 ), wherewith he combines the usual formulae ( 2 Kings 15:23 , 2 Kings 15:24 , 2 Kings 15:26 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:24
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. Josephus adds that he reigned with the same cruelty as his father ( τῇ τοῦ κατακολουθήσας ὠμότητι ), but 'we cannot be sure that this is more than a conjecture, founded on the shortness of his reign. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:25
But Pekah the son of Remaliah. Remaliah was probably a man of some importance, since Pekah seems to have been almost better known by his patronymic, Ben-Remaliah, "son of Remaliah," than by his own proper name (see Isaiah 7:4 , Isaiah 7:5 , Isaiah 7:9 ; Isaiah 8:6 ). A captain of his —"captain of a thousand," according to Josephus ( l.s.c .)— conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house ; literally, in the tower (or keep) of the king ' ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:26
And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 15:25
A captain of his - A mere “captain,” a person, therefore, of very moderate rank. The low birth of Pekah is probably glanced at in Isaiah’s favorite designation of him as “Remaliah’s son” Isaiah 7:4-5, Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 8:6.From the fact that Pekah employed Gileadites to carry out his designs, it has been conjectured that he himself belonged to the trans-Jordanic region.In the palace of the king’s house - Rather, “In the tower of the king’s palace;” or possibly “in the harem of the king’s... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 15:24-25
2 Kings 15:24-25 . He did that which was evil, &c. He was the wicked son of a wicked father, and so perished by such a conspiracy as his father formed against Shallum. With Argob and Arieh It does not appear from the text whether these persons were Pekah’s partners in this treason, or Pekahiah’s courtiers and officers now slain with him. With fifty men of the Gileadites Who, it is probable, were Pekahiah’s body-guard. read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:8-26
Chaos in Israel (15:8-26)The long and prosperous reign of Jeroboam II brought political as well as social and religious troubles. When Jeroboam died, Israel entered a time of political chaos, as ambitious men fought to seize power. The nation lost its stability, and Assyria soon began to show interest in adding Israel to its rapidly expanding empire.Jehu’s dynasty, which began bloodily, ended bloodily when its fifth king was murdered after a reign of only six months (8-12; cf. 10:30; Hosea 1:4;... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:8-31
Worldly prosperity not infrequently the ruin of kingdoms. I. EXAMPLE OF SAMARIA . Scarcely ever was there a more prosperous reign than that of Jeroboam II .—a reign of forty-one years of continual success, uncheckered by a misfortune-Syria defeated, the old border everywhere recovered, Hamath occupied, Damascus brought into a subject condition. As usual, where there is military success, wealth flowed in, and with wealth, luxury. "Great houses" were built ( Amos 3:15 ), "ivory... read more