2 Kings 15:14

For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah ,.... A city in the tribe of Manasseh, the royal city of the kings of Israel before Omri, of which See Gill on Joshua 12:24 , whether Menahem was of this city, or was now besieging it with an army he had the command of, as Josephus F18 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 11. sect. 1.) suggests, is not certain; however, hearing what had befallen Zachariah, he came from hence: and came to Samaria; which, according to Bunting F19 Travels, &c.; p. 169. , was six miles from Tirzah:

and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead ; judging he had as good a right to the throne as Shallum had.