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2 Kings 15:29
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A chronicler records a military campaign during the reign of Pekah over the northern kingdom of Israel. The narrative marks a turning point where Assyrian forces advance into Israelite territory.
The words — בִּ/ימֵ֞י (bi./Mei) translates literally to "in the days of," anchoring the event to a specific royal timeline. בָּא֮ (ba') means "he came," describing the Assyrian king's physical approach and subsequent seizure of fortified cities.
The thread — The campaign is later identified as the work of Pul stirred by God in 1 Chronicles 5:26. The displacement of Israelites to Assyria foreshadows the full capture of Samaria recorded in 2 Kings 17:6, while the mention of Kedesh and Naphtali recalls the tribal allotments in Joshua 20:7.
Why it lands — The text documents the factual loss of territory and population through foreign conquest. It requires the reader to track how political and military decline unfolds across the prophetic and historical records without moralizing the events.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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;
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 20:14 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.
- 1 Chronicles 5:6 and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.