2 Reis 15:25

25 E Peca, chefe das suas tropas, filho de Remalias, conspirou contra ele, e o feriu em Samária, no castelo da casa do rei, juntamente com Argobe e com Arié; e com Peca estavam cinqüenta homens dos filhos dos gileaditas; e o matou, e reinou em seu lugar.

2 Reis 15:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:25

But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his
The word signifies a "third" man, the third to the king, as some think; Josephus

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 calls him a "chiliarch", one that had the command of a thousand men:

conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the
king's house;
Josephus ^F2 says it was at a banquet:

with Argob, and Arieh;
whom, according to Abarbinel, Pekah slew with the king, being mighty men, who were always about him; but they seem rather to be conspirators with Pekah, and assisting to him in smiting the king; the former of these, Ben Gersom thinks, was governor of Argob, a country on the other side Jordan, and the latter had his name from his fortitude, which signifies a lion:

and with him fifty men of the Gileadites;
which may seem to strengthen the above notion concerning Argob, since the Gileadites were of the same side of Jordan, and were near Argob, see ( Deuteronomy 3:13 )

and he killed him, and reigned in his room,
as his father killed Shallum, and reigned in his stead.

F1 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 11. sect. 1.)
F2 Ibid.

2 Reis 15:25 In-Context

23 No ano cinqüenta de Azarias, rei de Judá, Pecaías, filho de Menaém, começou a reinar sobre Israel em Samária, e reinou dois anos.

24 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor; nunca se apartou dos pecados de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, com os quais ele fizera Israel pecar.

25 E Peca, chefe das suas tropas, filho de Remalias, conspirou contra ele, e o feriu em Samária, no castelo da casa do rei, juntamente com Argobe e com Arié; e com Peca estavam cinqüenta homens dos filhos dos gileaditas; e o matou, e reinou em seu lugar.

26 Ora, o restante dos atos de Pecaías, e tudo quanto fez, estão escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Israel.

27 No ano cinqüenta e dois de Azarias, rei de Judá, Peca, filho de Remalias, começou a reinar sobre Israel, em Samária, e reinou vinte anos.