2 Kings 15:22-26 sits inside this longer paragraph.
16Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, and all who were in it, and its border areas, from Tirzah. He attacked it because they didn’t open their gates to him, and he ripped up all their women who were with child. 17In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria. 18He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t stay there in the land. 21Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria for two years. 24He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 25Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites. He killed him, and reigned in his place. 26Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v25 Which were of the same conspiracy.
Which were of the same conspiracy.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv22–26 2Ki 15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and…
2Ki 15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 22. And Pekahiah his son.] Eusebius {a} calleth him Phaceas.
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{a} In Chronico.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v25 Argob and Arieh might be either Pekah’s partners in…
Argob and Arieh might be either Pekah’s partners in this treason, or the king’s courtiers or officers, who were now slain with him.
Fifty men of the Gileadites; who assisted him in the execution of his treason.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv22–26 And the rest of the acts of Pekah,.... Not…
And the rest of the acts of Pekah,.... Not recorded here, were to be read in the book of chronicles of the kings so often referred to.
And the rest of the acts of Pekah,.... Not recorded here, were to be read in the book of chronicles of the kings so often referred to.
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2 Kings 15:32
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kg2 15:32
kg2 15:32In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah king of Israel, began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. Pekah began to reign in the fifty second year of Azariah, or Uzziah, which was his last year, Kg2 15:27, and which was the first of Pekah; Uzziah reigned full fifty two, and then Jotham succeeded, which was the beginning of the second of Pekah.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v25 Verse 25. Smote him in Samaria, in the palace…
Verse 25. Smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh] Who Argob and Arieh were we know not; some make them men, some make them statues. Pekah had fifty Gileadites in the conspiracy with him.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v24 2Ki 15:24-25. He did that which was evil, &c.…
2Ki 15:24-25. He did that which was evil, &c. — He was the wicked son of a wicked father, and so perished by such a conspiracy as his father formed against Shallum. With Argob and Arieh — It does not appear from the text whether these persons were Pekah’s partners in this treason, or Pekahiah’s courtiers and officers now slain with him. With fifty men of the Gileadites — Who, it is probable, were Pekahiah’s body-guard.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v25 A captain of his - A mere “captain,” a…
A captain of his - A mere “captain,” a person, therefore, of very moderate rank. The low birth of Pekah is probably glanced at in Isaiah’s favorite designation of him as “Remaliah’s son” Isa 7:4-5, Isa 7:9; Isa 8:6.
From the fact that Pekah employed Gileadites to carry out his designs, it has been conjectured that he himself belonged to the trans-Jordanic region.
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In the palace of the king’s house - Rather, “In the tower of the king’s palace;” or possibly “in the harem of the king’s palace” (1Ki 16:18 note).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv25–26 Near. Hebrew, "may be along with Argob, &c." who…
Near. Hebrew, "may be along with Argob, &c." who were in the conspiracy. (Chaldean, Septaugint, &c.) (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv23, 25 PEKAHIAH'S REIGN. (Kg2 15:22-24)
PEKAHIAH'S REIGN. (Kg2 15:22-24)
Pekahiah . . . son of Menahem began to reign--On comparing the date given with Azariah's reign, it seems that several months had intervened between the death of Menahem and the accession of Pekahiah, probably owing to a contest about the throne.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv23, 25 REIGN OF PEKAHIAH, 2Ki_15:23-26.
REIGN OF PEKAHIAH, 2Ki_15:23-26.
23. The fiftieth year — According to 2Ki_15:17, Menahem must have died in the forty-ninth year of Azariah, so that perhaps several months elapsed before his son became the acknowledged king. Perhaps, as Keil suggests, his right to the throne was contested.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv22, 25 22. Pekahiah his son] Ten years of stern rule…
22. Pekahiah his son] Ten years of stern rule had enabled Menahem to secure the throne for his son, though the latter had but a short tenure of power.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v23 (Heb., Pĕkahyâh).
(23-26) THE REIGN OF PEKAHIAH
(Heb., Pĕkahyâh).
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(23) In the fiftieth year.—The forty-ninth, if verse seventeen were exact.
(25) But . . . a captain of his.—And . . . his adjutant (or knight, 2Ki_7:2).
The palace of the king’s house.—The same expression occurred in 1Ki_16:18. The word armôn, rendered “palace,” is usually explained as meaning citadel or keep, from a root meaning to be high. (Comp. ἡ ἄκρα in Greek.) Ewald makes it the harem, which, as the innermost and most strongly-guarded part of an Oriental palace, is probably meant here. Thither Pekahiah had fled for refuge before the conspirators.
With Argob and Arieh.—Pekah slew these two persons, probably officers of the royal guard, who stood by their master, as well as the king himself.
The peculiar names are an indication of the historical character of the account. Argob suggests that the person who bore this name was a native of the district of Bashan so designated (1Ki_4:13); Arieh (“lion”), like our own Cceur-de-Lion, betokens strength and bravery. (Comp. 1Ch_12:8, “The Gadites, whose faces were as the faces of lions.”)
And with him fifty men of the Gileadites.—Or, and with him were fifty, &c. Pekah was supported by fifty soldiers, probably of the royal guard. Menahem himself was of Gadite origin (2Ki_15:17), and so belonged to Gilead. He would therefore be likely to recruit his body-guard from among the Gileadites, who were always famous for their prowess. (Comp. Jos_17:1; Jdg_11:12; 1Ch_26:31.) The two names Argob and Arieh agree with this supposition. The LXX. reads, in place of “the Gileadites,” ἀπὸ τῶν τετρακοσίων, “of the four hundred,” which reminds us of David’s six hundred Gibbôrîm (2Sa_15:18).
Josephus accounts for the short reign of Pekahiah by the statement that he imitated the cruelty of his father.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv22–26 And Menahem slept with his fathersi.e. , diedand Pekahiah…
And Menahem slept with his fathersi.e. , diedand Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. So Josephus ("Ant. Jud:," 9:11. who calls him "Phakeias."
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v23 Pekahiah and Pekah in Israel
Pekahiah and Pekah in Israel
v. 23. In the fiftieth year of Azariah, king of Judah, probably after some months of anarchistic turmoil, Pekahiah, the son of Menahem, began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
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v. 24. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, his idolatry with the calves having persisted through all the history of Israel.
v. 25. But Pekah, the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, the king’s adjutant, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, the fortified part of his palace, where he had fled at the approach of the conspirators, with Argob and Arieh, who, as high officials faithful to Pekahiah, were killed with him, and with him, on the side of Pekah, fifty men of the Gileadites; and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
v. 26. And the rest of the acts of Pekahlah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
v. 27. In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah, the son of Remaliah, began to reign over Israel in Samarla, and reigned twenty years, his accession to the throne following his assassination of the king.
v. 28. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, the constantly recurring phrase serving to draw attention to this continual defection of the ruler and the nation.
v. 29. In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, came Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, with some of the districts on its boundary,and carried them captive to Assyria. This was the beginning of Israel’s end.
v. 30. And Hoshea, the son of Elah, evidently as a result of this Assyrian campaign, made a conspiracy against Pekah, the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, this note taking into account Jotham’s viceregency.
v. 31. And 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. It is a source of great comfort that, shortly after the events here recorded, Isaiah prophesied of the light and glory of the Messiah which was to appear to the inhabitants of the devastated districts in Galilee, Isa 9:1.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv23, 25 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah
It can be stated clearly that this is the fiftieth year of his reign. AT: "In year 50 of the reign of Azariah king of Judah" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information and Numbers)
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Pekahiah
This is a man's name. (See: How to Translate Names)
what was evil in the sight of Yahweh
The sight of Yahweh represents Yahweh's judgment. See how you translated this in 2 Kings 3:2. AT: "what was evil in Yahweh's judgment" or "what Yahweh considers to be evil" (See: Metaphor)
He did not leave behind the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat
Leaving behind sins represents refusing to do those sins. AT: "Pekahiah did not refuse to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat" or "He sinned as Jeroboam son of Nebat had sinned" (See: Metaphor)
he had caused Israel to sin
Here the word "Israel" represents the people of the kingdom of Israel. (See: Metonymy)
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Uzziah
reign
Jeroboam
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v23 15:23-25 Menahem’s son Pekahiah reigned only two years before…
15:23-25 Menahem’s son Pekahiah reigned only two years before Pekah conspired to assassinate him. Pekahiah continued the sins associated with the religious policies initiated by Jeroboam I (1 Kgs 12:26-33). Pekah, an army commander, had apparently been a rival for the throne for some time.
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