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2 Kings 15:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria. "

2 Kings 15:17

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15 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

16 Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its border areas, from Tirzah. He attacked it because they didn’t open their gates to him, and he ripped up all their women who were with child.

17 In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria.

18 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight. He didn’t depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.

19 Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

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2 Kings 15:1

"In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign."

2 Kings 15:2

"He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem."

2 Kings 15:3

"He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done."

2 Kings 15:4

"However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places."

2 Kings 15:5

"The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household, judging the people of the land."

2 Kings 15:6

"Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"

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