See also:MENAHEM (See also:Hebrew for " consoler ")
, a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Israel
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He was the son of Gadi (i.e. perhaps, a See also:man of See also:Gad), and during the disturbances at the See also:death of See also:Jeroboam II. seized the See also:throne and reigned ten years (2 See also:Kings xv
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14-18)
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The See also:scene of his revolt was Tirzah, the old seat of the kings of Israel between Jeroboam I. and See also:Omri (which See also:period the See also:present closely resembles), and it was only after perpetrating nameless cruelties at Tappuah' on the border of See also:Ephraim and Mannasseh that the See also:counter revolt of Shallum, son of Jabesh (perhaps a Gileadite), was suppressed
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Towards the end of his reign Tiglath-Pileser IV. marched against See also:north See also:Syria, and among his tributaries mentions See also:Menahem 2 together with Re2in of See also:Damascus, and kings of See also:Tyre, Gebal, &c
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(c
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738 B.C.)
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According to the Old Testament See also:account the See also:Assyrian king even advanced against Israel, and only withdrew in See also:consideration of a See also:tribute amounting to about £400,000
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A thousand talents (i.e. about 3,000,000 shekels) was raised by assessing every wealthy See also:person at 5o shekels
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The See also:act was hardly popular, and the See also:internal troubles which he had quelled
1 Scarcely Tiphsah (2 Kings xv
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16) on the See also:Euphrates
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2 The See also:identification of the Israelite king with Me-n-hi-(See also:im)-mi of Sa-me-ri-na-ai on the See also:Ass. inscription has been unnecessarily doubted
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See also:broke out again at or shortly after his death
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The Gileadites again conspired, and having slain his son Pekahiah set up Pekah the son of Remaliah in his See also:place.' This meant a return to an See also:anti-Assyrian policy
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(See ARAz.) (S
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A
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