The Strand Study Bible

II KINGS 15:29

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II KINGS 16:4

King Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria captures some of the northern tribal areas of Israel Date - 732 BC/AM 3268 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came 1 Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, 2 and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, 3 and car- ried them captive to Assyria. PF

33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35 Howbeit the high places were not re- moved: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. READ NEXT - Isaiah 1-6

1. or, “Pul” - II Ki 15:19 Note - Tilgath- Pileser III reigned from 745-727 BC. He was also known as Jareb - Hosea 5:13. 2. See - Isa 9:1 3. I Ki 14:15 4. See - Isa 7:16 5. Isa 7:1 6. Lev 18:21 & Ezk 16:20

MED SEA

• Abel-beth- maacah • Hazor • Kedesh

The death of King Jotham (Jotham ruled Judah 16 years) Date - 734 BC/AM 3266 The co-reign of King Ahaz (S/A - II Chro 27:7-9) (Note - This event took place in the 8th

7. Deut 12:31 8. Deut 12:1-2

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GALILEE

year of King Pekah’s reign) Date - 743 BC/AM 3257

GAD

36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37 In those days the LORD began to send 5 against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. READ NEXT - Isaiah 7-12,17 II Kings 16 King Ahaz’s wickedness (S/A - II Chro 28:1-4) Date - 743 BC/AM 3257 1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

Captured Area

REUBEN

Assyria captures part of Israel Map #224 READ NEXT - Hosea 5-6 The death of King Pekah (Note - Pekah ruled Israel 20 years) Date - 731 BC/AM 3269 The reign of Hoshea (Note - This event took place in the 12th

year of King Ahaz’s reign) Date - 731 BC/AM 3269

30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Rema- liah, and smote him, 4 and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. PF 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. READ NEXT - II Kings 17:1,2

The reign of Jotham (S/A - II Chro 27:1-6) Date - 750 BC/AM 3250 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, 6 and made his son to pass through the fire, 7 according to the abomi- nations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 4 8 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. READ NEXT - II Kings 15:36-38 15:38 Ahaz’s name means “he holds.” He is referred to 2 times in the NT (Mt 1:9). Ahaz is the 20th generation from CHRIST . 32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.