2 Kings 15:13-15 - The Pulpit Commentary - Bible Study & Commentary

2 Kings 15:13-15 - Exposition

SHORT AND UNIMPORTANT REIGN OF SHALLUM . Three verses suffice for the reign of Shallum, the son of Jabesh, who held the throne for only thirty days. Hearing of his conspiracy, Menahem, the son of Gadi—"the general," as Josephus calls him ('Ant. Jud.,' 10.11. § 1)—marched from Tirzah to Samaria, got Shallum into his power, and put him to death ( 2 Kings 15:14 ). The writer concludes with the usual formula ( 2 Kings 15:15 ).

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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2 Kings 15:13-15 - Exposition

2 Kings 15:13-15 - Exposition

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