| Menahem Smith's Bible Dictionary
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| Men'ahem.
(comforter). Son of Gadi, who slew the usurper, Shallum, and seized
the vacant throne of Israel, B.C. 772. His reign, which lasted ten
years, is briefly recorded in
2Ki_15:14-22. He maintained the calf-worship of
Jeroboam. The contemporary prophets, Hosea and Amos, have left a
melancholy picture of the ungodliness, demoralization and feebleness of
Israel. Menahem reigned B.C. 771-760.
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| Taken from: Smith's Bible Dictionary by Dr. William Smith (1884) | |