The Meaning of 2 Kings 15:22 Explained

2 Kings 15:22

KJV: And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

YLT: And Menahem lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Pekahiah his son in his stead.

Darby: And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

ASV: And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Menahem  slept  with his fathers;  and Pekahiah  his son  reigned  in his stead. 

What does 2 Kings 15:22 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 15:13-22 - Buying Temporary Relief
The usurping murderer Shallum enjoyed but a very brief reign, occupying the throne for one month only, and then being slain by Menahem, who, according to Josephus, was commander of his forces. Menahem carried his arms as far as Tiphsah, which apparently resisted this red-handed assassin. The ruthless cruelty which he showed toward the hapless citizens attracted the notice of the Assyrian monarch, and led ultimately to that invasion of Israel which terminated in its destruction. God has ever sat as Judge over the nations. His judgments and sentences are exact. With what measure we mete, it shall be measured to us again.
Menahem obtained a temporary respite by the gift of one thousand talents, which secured the alliance of the king of Assyria, turning him from an avenger into a patron. See Hosea 5:13. This was the confederacy to which Isaiah probably refers in his chapter, Isaiah 8:1-22, when he alludes to a confederacy that seemed to bode no good. But on the bosom of this cloud of menace shone, as always, the rainbow of promise which is implied in the name "Immanuel." [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 15

1  Azariah's good reign
5  He dying a leper, is succeeded by Jotham
8  Zachariah the last of Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is slain by Shallum
13  Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by Nenahem
16  Menahem strengthens himself by Pul
21  Pekahiah succeeds him
23  Pekahiah is slain by Pekah
27  Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and slain by Hoshea
32  Jotham's good reign
36  Ahaz succeeds him

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 15:22 mean?

so rested Menahem with his fathers and reigned Pekahiah his son in his place -
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב מְנַחֵ֖ם עִם־ אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ פְּקַחְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו פ

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב  so  rested 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
מְנַחֵ֖ם  Menahem 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְנַחֵם  
Sense: son of Gadi and king of the northern kingdom of Israel; slew the usurper Shallum to ascend the throne and reigned for ten years; contemporary with prophets Hosea and Amos.
אֲבֹתָ֑יו  his  fathers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ  and  reigned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
פְּקַחְיָ֥ה  Pekahiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּקַחְיָה  
Sense: son of king Menahem of the northern kingdom of Israel, succeeded to the throne as the 7th king and ruled for 2 years when he was murdered by one of the captains of his army, Pekah.
בְנ֖וֹ  his  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
תַּחְתָּֽיו  in  his  place 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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