2 Kings 15:30

30 Hoshea the son of Elah conspired against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and he attacked and killed him. He reigned in place of him in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

2 Kings 15:30 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:30

And Hoshea the son or Elab made a conspiracy against Pekah
the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in
his stead
Did by him as he had done by Pekahiah, ( 2 Kings 15:28 ) , this was measure for measure, as the Jews say: and this he did

in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah;
and yet Jotham is said to reign but sixteen years, ( 2 Kings 15:33 ) , this must be reckoned therefore either from the time of his being viceroy, and judging Israel in his father's lifetime, ( 2 Kings 15:5 ) or this was the fourth year of Ahaz, and the twentieth year, reckoning from the time Jotham began to reign, who is the rather mentioned, because as yet the historian had taken no notice of Ahaz.

2 Kings 15:30 In-Context

28 He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which he caused Israel to sin.

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, the Gilead, the Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali; then he deported them to Assyria.

30 Hoshea the son of Elah conspired against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and he attacked and killed him. He reigned in place of him in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

31 Now the remainder of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, look, they are written in the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.

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