2 Kings 15:27-31

Pekah Reigns in Israel

27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.

28 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ¹which he made Israel to sin.

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, ²Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured ³Ijon, ⁴Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, ⁵Kedesh, ⁶Hazor, Gilead, and ⁷Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

30 Then Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and struck him down and put him to death and reigned in his place, ⁸in 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.

2 Kings 15:27-31 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.

Cross References

• 1. See 1 Kings 14:16
• 2. 2 Kings 16:7; [1 Chronicles 5:6, 26; 2 Chronicles 28:20]
• 3. 1 Kings 15:20
• 4. 2 Samuel 20:14, 15
• 5. Joshua 19:37
• 6. Joshua 11:1; Judges 4:2; 1 Kings 9:15
• 7. Isaiah 9:1
• 8. [2 Kings 17:1]