2 Kings 15:23-26

C. THE TWO-YEAR REIGN OF PEKAHIAH 15:23-26

TRANSLATION

(23) In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel; and he reigned in Samaria two years. (24) And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin. (25) And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired and smote him in Samaria in the tower of the king's house along with Argob and Arieh; and with him fifty men of the Gileadites; and he slew him and reigned in his place. (26) Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all which he did, behold they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Seventeenth King of Israel
PEKAHIAH BEN MENAHEM
742-740 B.C.
(Yahweh has observed)

2 Kings 15:23-26

Synchronism
Pekahiah 1 = Uzziah 50
Contemporary Prophet
Hosea

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. Proverbs 11:5

COMMENTS

The short reign of Pekahiah was wholly uneventful. He held the throne for parts of two years and performed no action that the historian thought worthy of record. One of his captains, Pekah the son of Remaliah, conspired against him and slew him in the tower (i.e., loftiest part) of the royal house. Along with the king two other prominent personagesArgob and Ariehdied. Joining Pekah in this conspiracy were fifty Gileadites who may have been part of the royal bodyguard at this time (2 Kings 15:25).