2 Kings 15:25
in 2 Kings 15Then 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the castle of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.
KJV
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
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This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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. 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).
This site's exposition
Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him
on 2 Kings 15:25-26
Pekah was his own king's officer, and he struck at the citadel of the king’s palace with fifty men of Gilead. Gilead lies east of the Jordan. Tiglath-pileser takes it in Pekah's own reign, so the men who put him on the throne came from land he later lost.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
with Argob and Arieh, &c.--Many commentators view these as the captain's accomplices. But it is more probable that they were influential friends of the king, who were murdered along with him.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
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.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְשֹׁ֣ר | vaiyikshor | and he conspired | H7194 → | 44 times |
| עָלָיו֩ | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פֶּ֨קַח | pekach | Pekah | H6492 → | 11 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְמַלְיָ֜הוּ | remalyahu | Remaliah | H7425 → | 13 times |
| שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹ | shalisho | officer his | H7991 → | 20 times |
| וַיַּכֵּ֨הוּ | vaiyakehu | and he struck down him | H5221 → | 499 times |
| בְשֹׁמְר֜וֹן | veshomeron | in Samaria | H8111 → | 109 times |
| בְּאַרְמ֤וֹן | bearmon | in [the] fortress of | H759 → | |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| אַרְגֹּ֣ב | ʾargo | Argob | H709 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and with | H854 → | 929 times |
| הָאַרְיֵ֔ה | haaryeh | <the> Arieh | H745 → | |
| וְעִמּ֛וֹ | veimo | and [were] with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים | chamishim | fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ʾish | man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִבְּנֵ֣י | mibenei | from [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גִלְעָדִ֑ים | giladim | [the] Gileadites | H1569 → | |
| וַיְמִיתֵ֖הוּ | vaymitehu | and he killed him | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּקְשֹׁ֣רand he conspired
vaiyikshorH7194 →44 times
עָלָיו֩on him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
פֶּ֨קַחPekah
pekachH6492 →11 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
רְמַלְיָ֜הוּRemaliah
remalyahuH7425 →13 times
שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹofficer his
shalishoH7991 →20 times
וַיַּכֵּ֨הוּand he struck down him
vaiyakehuH5221 →499 times
בְשֹׁמְר֜וֹןin Samaria
veshomeronH8111 →109 times
בְּאַרְמ֤וֹןin [the] fortress of
bearmonH759 →
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
אַרְגֹּ֣בArgob
ʾargoH709 →
וְאֶת־and with
veetH854 →929 times
הָאַרְיֵ֔ה<the> Arieh
haaryehH745 →
וְעִמּ֛וֹand [were] with him
veimoH5973 →1050 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםfifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
אִ֖ישׁman
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מִבְּנֵ֣יfrom [the] sons of
mibeneiH1121 →4930 times
גִלְעָדִ֑ים[the] Gileadites
giladimH1569 →
וַיְמִיתֵ֖הוּand he killed him
vaymitehuH4191 →839 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃in place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 28:6For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 15:6
You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
- Jeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
- Isaiah 1:28
But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
- 2 Kings 15:27
In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.
- Joshua 24:20
If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
- Jeremiah 15:6
Through
2 Kings 15:27In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.
it leads to
- Isaiah 7:1
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…
- Isaiah 7:4
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of…
- Isaiah 7:1
Through
1 Kings 16:9However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
it leads to
- Genesis 39:4
Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
- Genesis 39:4
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies3
What the record shows
1 entry- Pekah — attested in contemporary inscriptionundisputed
Tiglath-pileser III Summary Inscription 4
Biblical figure (King of Israel, ca. 750-732/731 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.
About 2 Kings

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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
