Bible Person
Meaning: peace; tied; chained; perfection; retribution · Male · 3 cross references
Shalmaneser is the Assyrian king associated with the subjugation of Hoshea and the siege of Samaria in the final years of the northern kingdom. He stands within the imperial pressure that brings Israel's collapse into focus. First appears in 2 Kgs 17:3.1
AI summary: Shalmaneser matters because the cross references place him at the turning point when Israel's political rebellion meets overwhelming Assyrian force. His campaigns frame the downfall of Samaria and the end of the northern kingdom as a concrete historical crisis, not merely an abstract prophetic warning. Taken together, the material presents Shalmaneser as an imperial ruler whose advance becomes one of the decisive instruments in Israel's judgment.1
Central Figure
Shalmaneser
Meaning: peace; tied; chained; perfection; retribution
An Assyrian king (Hos.
An Assyrian king (Hos. 10:14), identified with Shalmaneser II. (Sayce) or IV. (Lenormant), the successor of Pul on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 728). He made war against Hoshea, the king of Israel, whom he subdued and compelled to pay an annual tribute. Hoshea, however, soon after rebelled against his Assyrian conquerer. Shalmaneser again marched against Samaria, which, after a siege of three years, was taken (2 Kings 17:3-5; 18:9) by Sargon (q.v.). A revolution meantime had broken out in Assyria, and Shalmaneser was deposed. Sargon usurped the vacant throne. Schrader thinks that this is probably the name of a king of Moab mentioned on an inscription of Tiglath-pileser as Salamanu. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.