John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 15:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, etc.] A city in the tribe of Manasseh, the royal city of the kings of Israel before Omri, of which (see Gill on “<061224>Joshua 12:24”), whether Menahem was of this city, or was now besieging it with an army he had the command of, as Josephus f164 suggests, is not certain; however, hearing what had befallen Zachariah, he came from hence: and came to Samaria; which, according to Bunting f165, was six miles from Tirzah: and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead; judging he had as good a right to the throne as Shallum had.

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