2 Kings 15:25-31

25 One of his chief officers, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Taking fifty men of Gilead with him, he assassinated Pekahiah, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria. So Pekah killed Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.
26 The other events of Pekahiah’s reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

Pekah King of Israel

27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.
28 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
29 In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.
30 Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31 As for the other events of Pekah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

2 Kings 15:25-31 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 11

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 28:6; Isaiah 7:1
  • 2. S 2 Kings 12:20
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 28:6; Isaiah 7:1
  • 4. Isaiah 7:4
  • 5. 2 Kings 16:7; 2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Chronicles 28:20; Jeremiah 50:17
  • 6. 1 Kings 15:20
  • 7. 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Chronicles 16:4; Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 10:9,10; Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 37:18
  • 8. 2 Kings 24:14-16; 1 Chronicles 5:22; Isaiah 14:6,17; Isaiah 36:17; Isaiah 45:13
  • 9. 2 Kings 17:1
  • 10. S 2 Kings 12:20
  • 11. 1 Kings 15:31
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