This is the name of Menahem: King of Israel who reigned for ten years.
Definition
from H5162; comforter; Menachem, an Israelite
Traditional renderings: Menahem.
Traditional renderings: Menahem.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
8 total
- 2 Kings 15:14מְנַחֵ֨ם · Then MenahemThen Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:16מְ֠נַחֵם · MenahemAt that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
- 2 Kings 15:17מְנַחֵ֨ם · MenahemIn the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
- 2 Kings 15:19מְנַחֵם֙ · and MenahemThen Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 15:20מְנַחֵ֨ם · MenahemMenahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
- 2 Kings 15:21מְנַחֵ֖ם · of MenahemAs for the rest of the acts of Menahem, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 15:22מְנַחֵ֖ם · And MenahemAnd Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:23מְנַחֵ֧ם · of MenahemIn the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.