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Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
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A General's Violent Coup
Commentators explain that Menahem was likely a military general for the recently murdered King Zachariah. Upon hearing of the assassination, he marched his army from the old capital, Tirzah, to the current capital, Samaria, to overthrow the usurper, Shallum. This act continued a brutal cycle of violence fueled by political ambition.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Tirzah, the old capital, once more appears as a place of importance, giving birth to the pretender, who alone of all these later kings died a natur…
19th Century
Anglican
For. — And.
Menahem. — Tiglath Pileser II records in his annals that in his eighth regnal year (<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah A city in the tribe of Manasseh, the royal city of the kings of Isra…
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