2 Kings 15:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

In the twentieth year of Jotham's rule in Judah, Hoshea son of Elah plotted against Pekah and murdered him. Hoshea then became king of Israel.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:10

Shallum son of Jabesh plotted against Zechariah and killed him in public. Shallum then became king.

2 Kings 15:25

Pekah son of Remaliah was Pekahiah's chief officer, but he made plans to kill the king. So he and fifty men from Gilead broke into the strongest part of the palace in Samaria and murdered Pekahiah, together with Argob and Arieh. Pekah then became king.

2 Kings 15:29

During Pekah's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria marched into Israel. He captured the territories of Gilead and Galilee, including the towns of Ijon, Abel-Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, as well as the entire territory of Naphtali. Then he took Israelites from those regions to Assyria as prisoners.

2 Kings 15:31

Everything else Pekah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.

2 Kings 16:1

Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah in the seventeenth year of Pekah's rule in Israel.

2 Kings 17:1

Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in the twelfth year of Ahaz's rule in Judah, and he ruled nine years from Samaria.

2 Chronicles 28:16

Some time later, the Edomites attacked the eastern part of Judah again and carried away prisoners. And at the same time, the Philistines raided towns in the western foothills and in the Southern Desert. They conquered the towns of Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo, including the villages around them. Then some of the Philistines went to live in these places. Ahaz sent a message to King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria and begged for help.

Isaiah 8:6

These people have refused the gentle waters of Shiloah and have gladly gone over to the side of King Rezin and King Pekah.

Hosea 10:15

Bethel, this will be your fate because of your evil. Israel, at dawn your king will be killed.

Hosea 10:3

“We don't have a king,” you will say. “We don't fear the LORD. And what good are kings?”

Hosea 10:7

Like a twig in a stream, the king of Samaria will be swept away.