2 Kings 10:9

10:9 In the morning he went out and stood there. Then he said to all the people, “You are innocent. I conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all of these men?

2 Kings 13:19

13:19 The prophet 1  got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! 2  But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

2 Kings 15:16

15:16 At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. 3  He even ripped open the pregnant women.

2 Kings 19:37

19:37 One day, 4  as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, 5  his sons 6  Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. 7  They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

1 tn Heb “man of God.”

2 tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.

3 tn Heb “then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, for it would not open, and he attacked.”

tn Instead of “Tiphsah,” the LXX has “Tirzah,” while Lucian’s Greek version reads “Tappuah.” For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171.

4 sn The assassination probably took place in 681 b.c.

5 sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.

6 tc Although “his sons” is absent in the Kethib, it is supported by the Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions. Cf. Isa 37:38.

7 sn Extra-biblical sources also mention the assassination of Sennacherib, though they refer to only one assassin. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 239-40.