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Menahem from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum " For the Khazar ruler of the same name, see Menahem (Khazar) .1Menahem , ( Hebrew : מְנַחֵם , Modern : Menaẖem , Tiberian : Menạḥēm , from a Hebrew word meaning "the consoler" or "comforter"; Greek : Manaem in the Septuagint , Manaen in Aquila ; ; full name: , Menahem Ben Gadi [II Kings, 15:17-22]) was a king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel .2 He was the son of Gadi , and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem. Menahem's ten year reign is told in 2 Kings 15:14–22 . When Shallum conspired against and murdered Zachariah in Samaria , and set himself upon the throne of the northern kingdom, Menahem refused to recognize the usurper. Menahem marched from Tirzah to Samaria, about six miles westwards, laid siege to Samaria, took it, murdered Shallum a month into his reign ( 2 Kings 15:13 ), and set himself upon the throne. ( 2 Kings 15:14 ) According to Josephus , he was a general of the army of Israel. ( Ant . 9:11:1) Menahem became king of Israel in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of Azariah , king of Judah , and reigned for ten years. ( 2 Kings 15:17 ) According to the chronology of Kautsch, he ruled from 743 BC; according to Schrader, from 745 – 736 BC. Albright has dated his reign from 745 – 738 BC, while E. Thiele offers the dates 752 – 742 BC. He brutally suppressed a revolt at Tiphsah . He destroyed the city, which has not been located, put all its inhabitants to death, and treated even pregnant women in the revolting fashion of the time. ( 2 Kings 15:16 ) The Prophet Hosea describes the drunkenness and debauchery implied in the words "he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam ." ( 2 Kings 15:18 and Hosea 7:1–15 ) Menahem seems to have died a natural death, and was succeeded by his son Pekahiah . The author of the Book of Kings describes his rule as one of cruelty and oppression. The author is apparently synopsizing the " annals of the Kings of Israel ", ( 2 Kings 15:21 ) and gives scant details of Menahem's reign. Modern commentators and translators prefer the reading Tappuah , following the Lucian recension of the Septuagint 2 Kings 15:223
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Menahem ( Hebrew מְנַחֵם "comforting", Standard Hebrew Mənaḥem , Tiberian Hebrew Mənaḥēm ) was king of Israel and the son of Gadi . Albright has dated his reign to 745 - 738 BC , while Thiele offers the dates 752 - 742 BC . He came from Tirzah to Samaria to slay Shallum by his own hand, and succeeded him as king ( 2 King 15:14). He brutally suppressed a revolt at Tiphsah (so the name in the Masoretic text; modern commentators and translators prefer the reading Tappuah , following the Lucian recension of the Septuagint ), and ripped unborn children from the wombs of their mothers (15:16). During his reign Tiglath-Pileser III , king of Assyria , invaded Israel with a powerful force, but was induced to leave by a gift from Menahem of 1,000 talents of silver, raised from a levy of 50 shekels on each "person of means" (15:19-21). Tiglath-Pileser records this tribute in one of his inscriptions. After a reign of about ten years he died, leaving the throne to his son Pekahiah . The author of the Book of Kings describes his rule as one of cruelty and oppression. v t e
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of Israel Menahem from Guillaume Rouillé 's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum For the Khazar ruler of the same name, see Menahem (Khazar) . Menahem , ( Hebrew : מְנַחֵם , Modern : Menaẖem , Tiberian : Mənaḥēm , from a Hebrew word meaning "the consoler" or "comforter"; Greek : Manaem in the Septuagint , Manaen in Aquila ; ; full name: , Menahem Ben Gadi ) was a king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel . He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem. Some have speculated that Gadi was a scion of the tribe of Gad .
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Menahem or Menachem ( Hebrew : מְנַחֵם , Modern : Menaẖem , Tiberian : Mənaḥēm , from a Hebrew word meaning "the consoler" or "comforter"; ; Greek : Manaem in the Septuagint , Manaen in Aquila ; ; full name: , Menahem son of Gadi ) was the sixteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel . He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem. Some have speculated that Gadi was a scion of the tribe of Gad .
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Biblical character For other uses, see Menahem (disambiguation) .Menahem or Menachem ( Hebrew : מְנַחֵם , Modern : Mənaḥēm , Tiberian : Menaḥēm , from a Hebrew word המנחם meaning "the consoler" or "comforter"; Meniḫîmme [ me-ni-ḫi-im-me ]; Greek : Μεναέμ Manaem in the Septuagint , Μεναέν Manaen in Aquila ; ; full name: , Menahem son of Gadi ) was the sixteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel . He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem.
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Biblical character For other uses, see Menahem (disambiguation) . Menahem or Menachem ( Hebrew : מְנַחֵם , Modern : Mənaḥēm , Tiberian : Menaḥēm , "consoler" or "comforter"; Akkadian : 𒈪𒉌𒄭𒅎𒈨 Meniḫîmme [ me-ni-ḫi-im-me ]; Greek : Μεναέμ Manaem in the Septuagint , Μεναέν Manaen in Aquila ; Latin : Manahem ; full name: Hebrew : מְנַחֵם בֵּן-גדי , Menahem son of Gadi ) was the sixteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel . He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem.
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