2 Kings 15:29 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 15:8-31

The best days of the kingdom of Israel were while the government was in Jehu's family. In his reign, and the next three reigns, though there were many abominable corruptions and miserable grievances in Israel, yet the crown went in succession, the kings died in their beds, and some care was taken of public affairs; but, now that those days are at an end, the history which we have in these verses of about thirty-three years represents the affairs of that kingdom in the utmost confusion... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 David Ganz. Ut supra. (Tzemach David, par. 2. fol. 3. 2.) , Pul-Asir; so Phul-Assar by Metasthenes F4 Ut supra. (De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2.) , 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 De... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 15:29

Came Tiglath-pileser - He is supposed to have been the successor of Sardanapalus: Dean Prideaux makes him the same with Arbaces, called by Aelian Thilgamus, and by Usher Ninus junior; who, together with Belesis, headed the conspiracy against Sardanapalus, and fixed his seat at Nineveh, the ancient residence of the Assyrian kings; as did Belesis, who is called, in Isaiah 39:1 , Baladan, fix his at Babylon. Took Ijon - These places belonged to Israel; and were taken by Ben-hadad,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-38

REIGNS OF AZARIAH AND JOTHAM OVER JUDAH ; AND OF ZACHARIAH , SHALLUM , MENAHEM , PEKAHIAH , AND PEKAH OVER ISRAEL . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-38

Some lessons from the history of kings. "In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam," etc. The mighty Governor of the universe is represented as saying to the Jewish nation, "I gave thee a king in mine anger" ( Hosea 13:2 ). And truly, with a certain number of exceptions here and there through the ages, kings have proved malific scourges of the race. In this chapter there are mentioned no less than seven of those men who are called kings, but who, instead of having one grain of moral... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:27-31

REIGN OF PEKAH . The writer is again exceedingly brief. Pekah's reign was a remarkable one, and might have furnished much material to the historian. In conjunction with Rezin of Damascus, he made war upon Judaea, defeated Ahaz with great loss ( 2 Chronicles 28:6 ), and laid siege to Jerusalem ( Isaiah 7:1 ). Ahaz called in the aid or' Assyria, and Tiglath-pileser made two expeditions into Palestine—the one mentioned in 2 Kings 15:29 , and another some years afterwards. In the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:29

In the fiftieth year of Azariah King of Judah ; really in the thirty-seventh year (see the comment on verses 1, 8, and 27). Azariah is mentioned by Tiglath-pileser as contending with him in the year in which he took tribute from Menahem, which is thought to have been B.C. 738. Apparently, he too was forced to pay tribute to the Assyrian monarch. Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. So Josephus ( l.s.c .). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah Feng of Israel came Tiglath-pileser King of Assyria. Tiglath-pileser's records are not in the shape of annals, and are, moreover, in a very mutilated condition. He does not date events, like most Assyrian kings, by his regal years. His first expedition into Syria is thought, however, to have been in his third year, B.C. 743, but there is no evidence that, on this occasion, he proceeded further south than Damascus, where he took tribute from Rezin. Some years after... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 15:29

Tiglath-Pileser is the first among the Assyrian monarchs of Scripture whom we can certainly identify with a king mentioned in the monuments. According to the Assyrian Dr. he reigned from 745 B.C. to 727 B.C.; and the monuments show us this energetic and powerful prince (though, probably, an usurper), building and repairing palaces, levying armies, and carrying on successful wars against Merodach-Baladan in Babylonia, Rezin at Damascus, Hiram at; Tyre, the Medes, the Armenians, the natives of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 15:8-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 15:29

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:8-31

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:27-31

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:29

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 15:29

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