Verses 17-22
11. Menahem’s evil reign in Israel 15:17-22
Menahem began Israel’s seventh royal family. His reign lasted 10 years (752-742 B.C.).
Assyrian inscriptions have identified Pul as Tiglath-Pileser III (745-727 B.C.; cf. 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 16:7; 2 Kings 16:10; 1 Chronicles 5:26). Pul was the throne name that Tiglath-Pileser III took as Babylon’s sovereign after he conquered that nation about 729 B.C. [Note: W. W. Hallo and W. K. Simpson, The Ancient Near East: A History, p. 137.] This is the first explicit mention of Assyria in Kings. Tiglath-Pileser was a very strong Assyrian ruler. He invaded Israel in 743 B.C. and consequently Israel experienced Assyria’s controlling influence.
Because of Israel’s apostasy God delivered her over to the clutches of a foreign power that would one day swallow her up (cf. Deuteronomy 28:32-33).
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