2 Kings 15:29

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Modern

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

Traditional

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

Literal

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and seized Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he removed them to Assyria.

Latin

In diebus Phacee regis Israël, venit Theglathphalasar rex Assur, et cepit Ajon, et Abel Domum, Maacha et Janoë, et Cedes, et Asor, et Galaad, et Galilæam, et universam terram Nephthali: et transtulit eos in Assyrios.

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English

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

Notes

2 Kings 15:29–30

During his second western campaign from 734 to 732 BC, Tiglath-pileser attacked Israel again. Pekah had joined forces with King Rezin of Aram in a poorly planned anti-Assyrian alliance (see Isaiah 9:1). As a result, Tiglath-pileser captured much of Israel’s northern and eastern lands.
Pekah’s failed political strategies caused unrest in Israel, leading to his assassination by Hoshea. Hoshea likely acted to appease the Assyrian king and save the northern kingdom. In his records, Tiglath-pileser claimed he placed Hoshea on the throne and received a large tribute from him.
The twentieth year of Jotham, starting from his co-regency with his father Uzziah in Judah, was 732 BC, the year he died.

Theme notes and profiles

Ahaz Assyria

Events

Reign of Pekah

Related verses

1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
Joshua 20:7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
1 Kings 15:20
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
Joshua 19:37
Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,
Judges 4:2
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
Joshua 11:1
Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
1 Chronicles 5:6
…and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
2 Samuel 20:14–15
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
2 Chronicles 16:4
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
Matthew 4:15–16
“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Naphtali: Son of Jacob, founder of the tribe of Naphtali Pekah: King of Israel who reigned for 20 years Tiglath-pileser: Assyrian king who conquered parts of Israel

Places

Abel-beth-maacah: A city in northern Israel, also called Abel-maim Assyria: A powerful ancient empire, often in conflict with Israel Galilee: Region in northern Israel; key location in Jesus' ministry Gilead: Mountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name Hazor: Major Canaanite city conquered by Joshua Ijon: A town in northern Israel conquered by Assyria Janoah: A town captured by the Assyrians from Israel Kedesh: A Canaanite city, later a Levitical city of refuge in Naphtali

Glossary

Abel (Place) Abel-beth-maacah (Maachah) Argob (Person) Baal-Hazor Bashan Book of Micah Gad, Tribe of Galilee Gilead (Place) Hazor Ijon Janoah Jeremiah (Person) Kedesh Kings, Books of First and Second Manasseh, Tribe of Menahem Nineveh, Ninevite Pekah Remaliah Reuben, Tribe of Samaria Shalmaneser Tiglath-Pileser Tribe of Naphtali

Topics

Abel-Beth-Maachah: Taken by Tiglath Assyria: Governed by Kings Assyria: Tiglath Assyria: Tiglathpileser King of Ravaged Israel Beth-Maachah: A City of the Territory of the Tribe of Manasseh Galilee: Conquered by the Assyrians Galilee: The Northern District of Palestine: Taken by King of Assyria Hazor: A Fortified City of Naphtali Ijon: A Town of the Territory of the Tribe of Naphtali Invaded by Tiglath-Pileser, King of Syria Janoah: A City of the Tribe of Naphtali Kedesh: Also Called Kedesh-Naphtali: Captured by Tiglath-Pileser Kings: Who Reigned Over Israel: Pekah Reubenites: Taken Captive Into Assyria Sieges: Cities of Israel in Galilee the Tribe of Gad: Taken Captive to Assyria the Tribe of Naphtali: Taken Captive by Tiglathpileser the Tribe of Reuben: Carried Away by Tiglathpileser Tiglath-Pileser: Invades Israel; Carries Part of the People Captive to Assyria Tribe of Naphtali: Against Tribe of Zebulun: Conquest of, by Tiglath-Pileser; Carried Away to Assyria Into Captivity

2 Kings 15:29

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