Study it in the app“Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death and reigned in his place.”
Menahemמְנַחֵםsonבֶּןof Gadiגָּדִיwent upוַיַּעַלfrom Tirzahמִתִּרְצָהand cameוַיָּבֹאto Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןand struckוַיַּךְ אֶתShallumשַׁלּוּםsonבֶּןof Jabeshיָבֵישׁin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand put him to deathוַיְמִיתֵהוּand reignedוַיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
Menahem
Menahem. A personal name meaning "comforter." King of Israel, son of Gadi; he took the throne by killing Shallum and reigned ten years in Samaria (2 Kings 15:14-22).
Where else “menachem” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsGadi
Gadi. A personal name, from the word for "fortune." Father of Menahem, king of Israel (2 Kings 15:14, 17).
Where else “gadi” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsTirzah
Tirzah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad; also a city of Canaan. The name means "delight."
Where else “tirtsa” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yach” appearsShallum
Shallum: a name meaning "recompense," borne by many men: the king of Israel who reigned one month (2 Kings 15:10-15), the husband of the prophetess Huldah (2 Kings 22:14), a son of King Josiah (Jeremiah 22:11) and others.
Where else “shalum” appearsJabesh
Jabesh, a city of Gilead, east of the Jordan. Later King Saul delivered it from the sons of Ammon (1 Samuel 11). It is also the name of a man, the father of King Shallum (2 Kings 15:10).
Where else “yavesh” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appearsSamaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
13Shallum son of Jabesh became king in year thirty-nine of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14 · This verse (above)
15The rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy that he conspired, there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
