2 Kings 15:30

Translations

Modern

Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

Traditional

And Hoshea the son of Elah 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.

Literal

And Hoshea son of Elah bound a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, and he struck him and killed him. And he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

Latin

Conjuravit autem et tetendit insidias Osee filius Ela contra Phacee filium Romeliæ, et percussit eum, et interfecit: regnavitque pro eo vigesimo anno Joatham filii Oziæ.

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Hebrew

English

Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

Notes

2 Kings 15:29–30

During his second western campaign from 734 to 732 BC, Tiglath-pileser attacked Israel again. Pekah had joined forces with King Rezin of Aram in a poorly planned anti-Assyrian alliance (see Isaiah 9:1). As a result, Tiglath-pileser captured much of Israel’s northern and eastern lands.
Pekah’s failed political strategies caused unrest in Israel, leading to his assassination by Hoshea. Hoshea likely acted to appease the Assyrian king and save the northern kingdom. In his records, Tiglath-pileser claimed he placed Hoshea on the throne and received a large tribute from him.
The twentieth year of Jotham, starting from his co-regency with his father Uzziah in Judah, was 732 BC, the year he died.

Theme notes and profiles

Assyria

Events

Reign of Pekah
Death of Pekahc. 730 BC

Related verses

2 Kings 17:1
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
Isaiah 7:1–9
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
2 Chronicles 28:4–6
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
Hosea 10:15
Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
2 Kings 15:32–33
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
2 Kings 15:10
Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
Isaiah 8:6
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
2 Chronicles 28:16
At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 15:25
Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
Hosea 10:7
Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
Hosea 10:3
Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

People

Elah: Father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel Hoshea: The last king of Israel (northern kingdom) Jotham: King of Judah and son of Uzziah Pekah: King of Israel who reigned for 20 years Remaliah: Father of Pekah, king of Israel Uzziah: King of Judah, reigned 52 years

Glossary

Book of Micah Elah Gilead (Place) Hoshea Kings, Books of First and Second Menahem Nineveh, Ninevite Remaliah Samaria

Topics

Citizens: Wicked: Hoshea Conspiracy: Pekah Elah: Father of Hoshea Hoshea: King of Israel: Assassinates Pekah and Usurps the Throne Kings: Who Reigned Over Israel: Pekah Pekah is Plotted Against and Killed by Hoshea Regicide of Pekah Remaliah: Father of Pekah, King of Israel Rulers: Wicked: Hoshea, Who Conspired Against Pekah

2 Kings 15:30

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