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2 Kings 15:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: 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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21 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?
22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23 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.
24 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.
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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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."
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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