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2 Kings 15:23

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In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

KJV

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

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Commentary

2 notes on this verse
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria,.... As it was in the thirty ninth of Azariah that his father began his reign, and he reigned ten years, they must end in the forty ninth of Azariah, and therefore there must be an interregnum of a year; perhaps the title of Pekahiah might be disputed, and it was a year before he could get settled on the throne: and reigned two years; being slain by one of his captains, as after related.

This site's exposition

Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign

on 2 Kings 15:23-24

Pekahiah's two years keep Menahem's line on the throne only long enough for a third recitation of the same formula, he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, unchanged from father to son. No northern dynasty in this chapter reforms; each new house simply repeats the founding sin under a new name. The kingdom Jeroboam divided from Judah generations earlier is still measured against the golden calves he set up at Bethel and Dan.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • בִּשְׁנַת֙in year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםfifty

    chamishimH2572 →163 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • לַעֲזַרְיָ֖הof Azariah

    laazaryahH5838 →49 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • מָ֠לַךְhe became king

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • פְּקַֽחְיָ֨הPekahiah

    pekachyahH6494 →3 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • מְנַחֵ֧םMenahem

    menachemH4505 →8 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹןin Samaria

    beshomeronH8111 →109 times

  • שְׁנָתָֽיִם׃two years

    shenatayimH8141 →877 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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.3 works1 Kings 15:25In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.2 worksJob 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?2 works2 Kings 21:19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.2 works1 Kings 22:51In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.2 works1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 15:32In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Job 20:5

    the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

    it leads to

    • Psalms 37:35–36

      I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

    • Job 18:5–6

      Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

    • Job 27:8

      For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

    • Psalms 73:18–20

      Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

    • Acts 12:22–23

      And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:25

    In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 14:20

      And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

  • Through

    2 Kings 21:19

    Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 33:21–23

      Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.

    • Matthew 1:10

      Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Kings.

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