CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE GREAT ASSYRIAN CONQUEROR 2 Kings 15:8 to 2 Kings 17:41 The history of Israel and Judah was radically affected by the rise of the imperialistic Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria. Heretofore the Assyrian military thrusts into Syria-Palestine were merely tribute-gathering raids.... [ Continue Reading ]
B. THE REIGN OF AZARIAH (UZZIAH) IN JUDAH 15:1-7 TRANSLATION (1) In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. (2) He was sixteen years old when he began to reign and fifty-two years he reigned in Jerusalem; and the name of his moth... [ Continue Reading ]
I. ISRAEL SUBMITS TO ASSYRIA 15:16-31 The heyday period for Israel ended abruptly with the death of Jeroboam II. In the period from 753-722 B.C. Israel had six kings representing _five_ dynasties. In 2 Kings 15:8-31 five of these kings are discussed: (1) Zechariah (2 Kings 15:8-12); (2) Shallum (2 K... [ Continue Reading ]
B. THE ONE MONTH REIGN OF SHALLUM 15:13-15 TRANSLATION (13) Shallum the son of Jabesh ruled in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. (14) And Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Sa... [ Continue Reading ]
C. MENAHEM SUBMITS TO ASSYRIA 15:16-22 TRANSLATION (16) Then Menahem smote Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah; because they did not open unto him therefore he smote it; and all the pregnant women he ripped open. (17) In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem... [ Continue Reading ]
C. THE TWO-YEAR REIGN OF PEKAHIAH 15:23-26 TRANSLATION (23) In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel; and he reigned in Samaria two years. (24) And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not turn from the sins of Jero... [ Continue Reading ]
D. PEKAH, THE GREAT NATIONALIST 15:27-31 TRANSLATION (27) In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel; he reigned in Samaria twenty years. (28) And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not turn aside from the sins of... [ Continue Reading ]
II. JUDAH SUBMITS TO ASSYRIA 15:32-16:20 Under military pressure to join an anti-Assyrian coalition, Judah appealed to Tiglath-pileser for assistance. This brought the Southern Kingdom under the domination of Assyria. The events leading to this submission began during the reign of Jotham (2 Kings 1... [ Continue Reading ]