2 Kings 15:25

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Pekah	פֶּ֨קַח Pe.kach	H6492	Pekach · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Remaliah	רְמַלְיָ֜הוּ re.mal.Ya.hu	H7425	Remaljah · proper noun, a man's name
captain	שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹ sha.li.Sho	H7991	a triple · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
conspired	וַיִּקְשֹׁ֣ר vai.yik.Shor	H7194	to tie · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
smote	וַיַּכֵּ֨הוּ vai.ya.Ke.hu	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Samaria	בְשֹׁמְר֜וֹן ve.sho.me.Ron	H8111	Shomeron · preposition + proper noun, a place name
palace	בְּאַרְמ֤וֹן be.'ar.Mon	H759	a citadel (from its height) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
king’s	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	בֵּית beit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Argob	אַרְגֹּ֣ב 'ar.Go	H709	Argob · proper noun, a man's name
Arieh	הָאַרְיֵ֔ה ha.'ar.Yeh	H745	Arjeh · definite article + proper noun, a man's name
fifty	חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים cha.mi.Shim	H2572	fifty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
men	אִ֖ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Gileadites	מִבְּנֵ֣י mi.be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
killed	וַיְמִיתֵ֖הוּ vay.mi.Te.hu	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
reigned	וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ vai.yim.Lokh	H4427	to reign · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken…
1 Kings 16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza…
2 Kings 9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which…
2 Kings 9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of H…
2 Kings 15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty ye…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 15:8-31

The best days of the kingdom of Israel were while the government was in Jehu's family. In his reign, and the next three reigns, though there were many abominable corruptions and miserable grievances in Israel, yet the crown went in succession, the kings died in their beds, and some care was taken of public affairs; but, now that those days are at an end, the history which we have in these verses of about thirty-three years represents the affairs of that kingdom in the utmost confusion imaginable. Woe to those that were with child (Kg2 15:16) and to those that gave suck in those days, for then must needs be great tribulations, when, for the transgression of the land, many were the princes the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 15:25

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.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 15:25

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.

John Gill on 2 Kings 15:25

But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his,.... The word signifies a "third" man, the third to the king, as some think; Josephus (a) calls him a "chiliarch", one that had the command of a thousand men: conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house; Josephus (b) says it was at a banquet: with Argob, and Arieh; whom, according to Abarbinel, Pekah slew with the king, being mighty men, who were always about him; but they seem rather to be conspirators with Pekah, and assisting to him in smiting the king; the former of these, Ben Gersom thinks, was governor of Argob, a country on the other side Jordan, and the latter had his name from his fortitude, whi…

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Dictionary and topics

Argob — Stony heap, an “island,” as it has been called, of rock about 30 miles by 20, rising 20 or 30 feet above the table-land of Bashan; a region of crags and chasms wild and rugged in the extreme. On this…
Arieh — The lion, the name of one of the body-guard slain with Pekahiah at Samaria (2 Kings 15:25) by the conspirator Pekah.
Pekah — Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen…
Pekahiah — The Lord opened his eyes, the son and successor of Menahem on the throne of Israel. He was murdered in the royal palace of Samaria by Pekah, one of the captains of his army (2 Kings 15:23-26), after…
Remaliah — Adorned by the Lord, the father of Pekah, who conspired successfully against Pekahiah (2 Kings 15:25, 27, 30, 32, 37; Isa. 7:1, 4, 5, 9; 8:6).
Argob · 2. A courtier of Pekah — 2. A courtier of Pekah
Arieh · A conspirator with Pekah — A conspirator with Pekah
Conspiracy · .Pekahiah — .Pekahiah
Kings · Who reigned over Israel: Pekahiah — Who reigned over Israel: Pekahiah
Palace · For kings — For kings
Pekah · General references — General references
Pekahiah · King of Israel — King of Israel
Regicide · Of Pekahiah

2 Kings 15:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 15:8-31

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 15:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 15:25

John Gill on 2 Kings 15:25

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 15:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 15:8-31

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 15:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 15:25

John Gill on 2 Kings 15:25

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 15:23-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 15:23-25

Rashi on 2 Kings 15:25