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Reign of Pekah

758 BC, lasting 20 years traditional (Jones)

Passage
2 Kgs 15:27-31
Person
Pekah
Places
Samaria, Kedesh, Janoah, Hazor, Assyria, Gilead, Ijon, Naphtali, 2 more
Before
Death of Pekahiah
After
Death of Uzziah

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Samaria
  2. possible location: Kedesh
  3. possible location: Janoah
  4. likely location: Hazor
  5. location not graded: Assyria
  6. location not graded: Gilead
  7. possible location: Ijon
  8. location not graded: Naphtali
  9. location not graded: Galilee
  10. likely location: Abel-beth-maacah

Every verse

All 5 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings5 verses
  1. 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.

  2. 15:28

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  3. 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

  4. 15:30

    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.

  5. 15:31

    As for the rest of the acts of Pekah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.