29During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria invaded the country. He captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee--the whole country of Naphtali--and took everyone captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 15 chronicles a period of rapid political decay in the northern kingdom of Israel and a season of relative stability in Judah under Azariah (Uzziah). The chapter catalogs a dizzying succession of four Israelite kings—Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah—each a
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