Menahem
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Menahem or Menachem (, "consoler" or "comforter"; Meniḫîmme [me-ni-ḫi-im-me]; Greek: Μεναέμ Manaem in the Septuagint, Μεναέν Manaen in Aquila; ; full name: , Menahem son of Gadi) was the sixteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem.
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- Royalty.name
- Menahem
- Royalty.title
- King of Israel
- Royalty.image
- Menahem.png
- Royalty.caption
- Menahem from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum.
- Royalty.succession
- King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
- Royalty.reign
- 752 – 742 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Shallum
- Royalty.successor
- Pekahiah
- Royalty.issue
- Pekahiah
- Royalty.father
- Gadi
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- date of birth
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- date of death
- 0742-00-00
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Menahem or Menachem (, "consoler" or "comforter"; Meniḫîmme [me-ni-ḫi-im-me]; Greek: Μεναέμ Manaem in the Septuagint, Μεναέν Manaen in Aquila; ; full name: , Menahem son of Gadi) was the sixteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem.
== The Bible == Biblical narrative. Menahem's ten-year reign is told in . When Shallum conspired against and assassinated Zechariah in Samaria, and set himself upon the throne of the northern kingdom, Menahem—who, like Shallum, had served as a captain in Zechariah's army—refused to recognize the murderous usurper. Menahem marched from Tirzah to Samaria, about six miles westwards, and laid siege to Samaria. He took the city, murdered Shallum a month into his reign (), and set himself upon the throne. () According to Josephus, he was a general of the army of Israel.