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MENAHEM (Hebrew for " consoler ") , a king of Israel . He was the son of Gadi (i.e. perhaps, a man of Gad), and during the disturbances at the death of Jeroboam II. seized the throne
scene of his revolt was Tirzah, the old seat of the kings of Israel between Jeroboam I. and Omri (which period the present closely resembles), and it was only after perpetrating nameless cruelties at Tappuah' on the border of Ephraim
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Menahem
account the Assyrian king even advanced against Israel, and only withdrew in consideration of a tribute amounting to about 400,000. A thousand talents (i.e. about 3,000,000 shekels) was raised by assessing every wealthy person at 5o shekels. The act was hardly popular, and the internal troubles which he had quelled1 Scarcely Tiphsah (2 Kings xv. 16) on the Euphrates.. 2 The identification of the Israelite king with Me-n-hi-(im)-mi of Sa-me-ri-na-ai on the Ass. inscription has been unnecessarily doubted. broke out again at or shortly after his death. The Gileadites again conspired, and having slain his son Pekahiah set up Pekah the son of Remaliah in his place .' This meant a return to an anti
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