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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - 2 King 15:17 - 15:17
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Reign of Menahem. - Menahem's reign lasted ten full years (see at 2Ki 15:23), and resembled that of his predecessors in its attitude towards God. In 2Ki 15:18, the expression כָּל־יָמָיו (all his days) is a very strange one, inasmuch as no such definition of time occurs in connection with the usual formula, either in this chapter (cf. 2Ki 15:24 and 2Ki 15:28) or elsewhere (cf. 2Ki 3:3; 2Ki 10:31; 2Ki 13:2, 2Ki 13:11, etc.). The lxx have instead of this, ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ (in his days). If we compare 2Ki 15:29, בָּא פֶּקַח בִּימֵי (in the days of Pekah came, etc.), בָּא בְּיָמָיו might possibly be regarded as the original reading, from which a copyist's error בָּא כָּל־מָיו arose, after which כָּל־יָמָיו was connected with the preceding clause.