2 Kings 15:30
in 2 Kings 15Then 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHoshea the son of Elah - in the twentieth year of Jotham - There are many difficulties in the chronology of this place. To reconcile the whole, Calmet says: “Hoshea conspired against Pekah, the twentieth year of the reign of this prince, which was the eighteenth after the beginning of the reign of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the fourth year of Ahaz, and the twentieth of Jotham, Hoshea made himself master of a part of the kingdom, according to 2Ki 15:
This site's exposition
Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came
on 2 Kings 15:29-31
Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, and he took the people as captives to Assyria. This is the empire's first captivity taken out of the land, whereas Pul's visit had cost tribute alone, and it reaches its end at 17:6.
This site's exposition
In the twentieth year of Jotham
Jotham reigned sixteen years by verse 33, so this twentieth year has puzzled the commentators. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown counted twenty years from the start of Jotham's reign, and Albert Barnes set it beside 17:1. Josephus made Hoshea a friend of Pekah.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the L ORD , according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
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And Hoshea the son or Elab made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy . . . and slew him--He did not, however, obtain possession of the kingdom till about nine or ten years after the perpetration of this crime [HALES]. in the twentieth year of Jotham--Jotham's reign lasted only sixteen years, but the meaning is that the reign of Hoshea began in the twentieth after the beginning of Jotham's reign.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Hoshea, the son of Elah - One of Pekah’s friends, according to Josephus. The twentieth year of Jotham - According to 2Ki 15:33 and 2Ch 27:1, Jotham reigned only 16 years. See also the suggestion in the margin. Strangely enough, this first year of Hoshea is also called, not the fourth, but the twelfth of Ahaz 2Ki 17:1. The chronological confusion of the history, as it stands, is striking. Uzziah - i. e. Azariah. See 2Ki 15:1-4.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְשָׁר־ | vaiyikshor- | and he conspired | H7194 → | 44 times |
| קֶ֜שֶׁר | kesher | a conspiracy | H7195 → | 16 times |
| הוֹשֵׁ֣עַ | hoshea' | Hoshea | H1954 → | 16 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֵלָ֗ה | ʾelah | Elah | H425 → | 16 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פֶּ֙קַח֙ | pekach | Pekah | H6492 → | 11 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְמַלְיָ֔הוּ | remalyahu | Remaliah | H7425 → | 13 times |
| וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ | vaiyakehu | and he struck down him | H5221 → | 499 times |
| וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ | vaymitehu | and he killed him | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| תַּחְתָּ֑יו | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
| בִּשְׁנַ֣ת | bishnat | in year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֔ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| לְיוֹתָ֖ם | leyotam | of Jotham | H3147 → | 24 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֻזִיָּֽה׃ | ʾuziyah | Uzziah | H5818 → | 27 times |
וַיִּקְשָׁר־and he conspired
vaiyikshor-H7194 →44 times
קֶ֜שֶׁרa conspiracy
kesherH7195 →16 times
הוֹשֵׁ֣עַHoshea
hoshea'H1954 →16 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֵלָ֗הElah
ʾelahH425 →16 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פֶּ֙קַח֙Pekah
pekachH6492 →11 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
רְמַלְיָ֔הוּRemaliah
remalyahuH7425 →13 times
וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙and he struck down him
vaiyakehuH5221 →499 times
וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּand he killed him
vaymitehuH4191 →839 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
תַּחְתָּ֑יוin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
בִּשְׁנַ֣תin year
bishnatH8141 →877 times
עֶשְׂרִ֔יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
לְיוֹתָ֖םof Jotham
leyotamH3147 →24 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עֻזִיָּֽה׃Uzziah
ʾuziyahH5818 →27 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
Hosea 10:7Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
it leads to
- 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?”
- Jude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
- 2 Kings 1:3
But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel…
- Hosea 10:3
Through
2 Kings 15:10Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 16:9–10
However, 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.
- 2 Kings 9:31
And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
- 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…
- 2 Kings 9:24
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
- 1 Kings 15:28
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:9–10
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies3
What the record shows
1 entry- Hoshea — attested in contemporary inscriptionundisputed
Tiglath-pileser III Summary Inscription 4
Biblical figure (King of Israel, 732/731-722 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.