Atlas Biblica

    person

    Menahem

    מְנַחֵם

    Menahem, king of Israel, known for his cruelty and for paying tribute to Assyria.

    verses
    8
    first named
    2 Kings 15:14
    last named
    2 Kings 15:23
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Israel

    Description

    Who was Menahem?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Menahem was the son of Gadi and became king of Israel after assassinating Shallum, who had reigned for only one month (2Ki.15.14). Menahem reigned for ten years in Samaria (2Ki.15.17). During his reign, he was known for his cruelty, particularly for his brutal treatment of the city of Tiphsah, where he ripped open pregnant women (2Ki.15.16). When Pul, the king of Assyria, invaded Israel, Menahem paid him a thousand talents of silver to withdraw and to strengthen his own hold on the kingdom (2Ki.15.19-20). To raise this tribute, Menahem exacted fifty shekels of silver from each wealthy man in Israel (2Ki.15.20). Menahem died and was succeeded by his son Pekahiah (2Ki.15.22).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Menahem10 of 13 entities the graph connects to Menahem, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 1, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.PekahiahFather of · 1 event · 3 versesKinshipMenahem’s reignTook part in · 1 event · 3 versesCompanyIsrael1 event · 2,578 versesSamaria3 events · 124 versesTurning Away1 event · 15 versesTirzah2 events · 13 versesTiglath-pileser1 event · 9 versesUzziah’s reign1 event · 6 versesShallum2 events · 4 versesZechariah and Israel’s sin of Sin1 event · 4 versesEventsMenahem

    The 10 best-attested of 13 are drawn. All 13 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Menahem happensAll 2 places the claims about Menahem reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Samaria, Tirzah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Menahem there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Samaria
    Divided MonarchyAll 2 places the claims about Menahem reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 8, across 1 book.

    1. 2 Kings8 verses

      15:1415:1615:1715:1915:2015:2115:2215:23

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Menahem’s reign and Pekahiah’s reignReignReign is a concept gathering 158 labelled instances in the text.via Menahem’s reign and Pekahiah’s reignSamariaCapital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitantsvia PekahiahPekah’s reignPekah’s reign is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via Menahem’s reignShallumKing of Israel who conspired against Zechariah

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