2 Re 15:25

25 E Peca, figliuolo di Remalia, suo capitano, congiurò contro a lui; ed accompagnato da Argob, e da Arie, lo percosse in Samaria, nel palazzo della stanza reale, avendo Peca seco cinquant’uomini Galaaditi. Così l’uccise, e regnò in luogo suo.

2 Re 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


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 Re 15:25 In-Context

23 L’anno cinquantesimo di Azaria, re di Giuda, Pecachia, figliuolo di Menahem, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele in Samaria, e regnò due anni.
24 E fece quello che dispiace al Signore; egli non si rivolse da’ peccati di Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, co’ quali egli avea fatto peccare Israele.
25 E Peca, figliuolo di Remalia, suo capitano, congiurò contro a lui; ed accompagnato da Argob, e da Arie, lo percosse in Samaria, nel palazzo della stanza reale, avendo Peca seco cinquant’uomini Galaaditi. Così l’uccise, e regnò in luogo suo.
26 Ora, quant’è al rimanente de’ fatti di Pecachia, e tutto quello ch’egli fece; ecco, queste cose sono scritte nel libro delle Croniche dei re d’Israele.
27 L’anno cinquantesimosecondo di Azaria, re di Giuda, Peca, figliuolo di Remalia, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele in Samaria, e regnò vent’anni.
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