Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and smote him before the people, killed him, and became king in his place.
2 Kings 15:30 - Tree of Life Version Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and then became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah [of Israel]; he smote and killed him, and reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah. American Standard Version (1901) And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. Common English Bible Then Hoshea, Elah’s son, plotted against Pekah, Remaliah’s son. He struck Pekah down, murdering him. Hoshea became king after Pekah in the twentieth year of Uzziah’s son Jotham. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Hoshea, the son of Elah, conspired and carried out treachery against Pekah, the son of Remaliah. And he struck him, and killed him. And he reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now Osee son of Ela conspired, and formed a plot against Phacee, the son of Romelia; and struck him; and slew him; and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Joatham the son of Ozias. |
Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and smote him before the people, killed him, and became king in his place.
Then Pekah son of Remaliah, his aide, conspired against him and assassinated him in Samaria, in the castle of the royal palace, along with Argob, Arieh, and 50 Gileadite men. So he killed him and became king in his place.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria invaded and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the region of Naphtali, and he deported them to Assyria.
Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of King Jotham of Judah, began to reign.
In the twelfth year of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king in Samaria over Israel, and he reigned nine years.
For before the boy knows to refuse evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.
“Because these people have refused the softly flowing waters of Shiloah, and rejoice with Rezin and Remaliah’s son,
Just so has Bethel done to you because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
Surely now they will say: “We have no king, for we have not feared Adonai. The king—what can he do for us?”
Samaria is being cut off. Her king is like a splinter on the surface of the water.