2 Kings 15:23 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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.”

2 Kings 15:23

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And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

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.

And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

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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2 Kings 15:1

"In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. {Azariah: also called, Uzziah}"

2 Kings 15:2

"Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jecholiah of Jerusalem."

2 Kings 15:3

"And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;"

2 Kings 15:4

"Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places."

2 Kings 15:5

"And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son {was} over the house, judging the people of the land."

2 Kings 15:6

"And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"

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