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He sinned against the Lord, following the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.
25
An officer of Pekahiah's forces, Pekah son of Remaliah, plotted with fifty men from Gilead, assassinated Pekahiah in the palace's inner fortress in Samaria, and succeeded him as king.
26
Everything else that Pekahiah did is recorded in [The History of the Kings of Israel.]
27
In the fifty-second year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for twenty years.
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He sinned against the Lord, following the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.