2 Kings 15:25-35

25 Then Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in ¹the castle of the king's house with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites *, and he killed him and became king in his place.

26 Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all that he did, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Israel.

Pekah over Israel

27 In ²the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, ³Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

28 He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, ⁴Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and ⁵he carried them captive to Assyria.

30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

31 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Israel.

Jotham over Judah

32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.

33 ⁶He was twenty-five * years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen * years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

34 ⁷He did what was right in the sight of the LORD; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

35 Only ⁸the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ⁹He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

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2 Kings 15:25-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 15

This chapter begins with the reign of Azariah king of Judah, 2Ki 15:1-7, and then gives a short account of the several kings of Israel, to the last of them; of Zachariah, 2Ki 15:8-12, of Shallum, 2Ki 15:13,14,15 of Menahem, 2Ki 15:16-22 of Pekahiah, 2Ki 15:23-26, of Pekah, succeeded by Hoshea, the last of them, 2Ki 15:27-31, and is included with the reign of Jotham king of Judah, 2Ki 15:32-38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

1. 1 Kings 16:18
2. 2 Kings 15:23
3. 2 Chronicles 28:6; Isaiah 7:1
4. 2 Kings 15:19
5. 2 Kings 17:6
6. 2 Chronicles 27:1
7. 2 Kings 15:3, 4; 2 Chronicles 26:4, 5
8. 2 Kings 12:3
9. 2 Chronicles 23:20; 2 Chronicles 27:3

Footnotes 3

[a]. In 1 Chr 5:6, 26, "Tilgath-pilneser"
[b]. Lit "took"
[c]. I.e. Azariah