2 Kings 15:30

2 Kings 15:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and struck him down and put him to death and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; so he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

Context of 2 Kings 15:30

28He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not turn from the [idolatrous] sins of Jeroboam [I] the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin. 29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of [the tribe of] Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria. Hoshea the son of Elah conspired against Pekah the son of Remaliah [of Israel]; he struck and killed him, and became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah [king of Judah]. 31Now the rest of Pekah’s acts, and everything that he did, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of Israel’s Kings. 32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.

2 Kings 15:30 word by word

וַיִּקְשָׁר־קֶ֜שֶׁר הוֹשֵׁ֣עַ בֶּן־אֵלָ֗ה עַל־פֶּ֙קַח֙ בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֔הוּ וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּ֑יו בִּשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לְיוֹתָ֖ם בֶּן־עֻזִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Hosheaהוֹשֵׁעַhôshêa‛ · HosheaH1954
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Elahאֵלָה'êlâh · ElahH425
• madeקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• a conspiracyקֶ֫שֶׁרqesher · conspiracyH7195
• against Pekahפֶּ֫קַחpeqach · PekahH6492
• of Remaliahרְמַלְיָ֜הוּremalyâhû · RemaliahH7425
• and smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him, and slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• him, and reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• in his stead, in the twentiethעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Jothamיוֹתָםyôthâm · JothamH3147
• of Uzziahעֻזִּיָּהוּ‛ûzzîyâh ‛ûzzîyâhû · UzziahH5818

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:30

• 2 Kings 15:10But Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him in the presence of the people and reigned in his place.
• Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say [in despair], “We have no [true] king, For we do not revere the Lord; And as for the king, what can he do for us [to rescue us]?”
• 2 Kings 15:32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.
• 2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.
• 2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned for nine years.
• 2 Chronicles 28:4He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [of pagan worship], on the hills and under every green tree.
• Isaiah 7:1Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Aram (Syria) and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it.
• Isaiah 8:6“Because these people (Judah) have refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin [the king of Aram] and Remaliah’s son [Pekah the king of Israel],

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Hoshea the son of Elah - in the twentieth year of Jotham - There are many difficulties in the chronology of this place. To reconcile the whole, Calmet says: "Hoshea conspired against Pekah, the twentieth year of the reign of this prince, which was the eighteenth after the beginning of the reign of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the fourth year of Ahaz, and the twentieth of Jotham, Hoshea made himself master of a part of the kingdom…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Hoshea, the son of Elah - One of Pekah‘s friends, according to Josephus. The twentieth year of Jotham - According to 2 Kings 15:33 and 2 Chronicles 27:1, Jotham reigned only 16 years. See also the suggestion in the margin. Strangely enough, this first year of Hoshea is also called, not the fourth, but the twelfth of Ahaz 2 Kings 17:1. The chronological confusion of the history, as it stands, is striking. Uzziah - i. e. Azariah. See 2 Kings 15:1-4.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-31Verses 8-31 This history shows Israel in confusion. Though Judah was not without troubles, yet that kingdom was happy, compared with the state of Israel. The imperfections of true believers are very different from the allowed wickedness of ungodly men. Such is human nature, such are our hearts, if left to themselves, deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. We have reason to be thankful for restraints, for being kept out of temptation, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30During his second western campaign from 734 to 732 BC, Tiglath-pileser attacked Israel again. Pekah had joined forces with King Rezin of Aram in a poorly planned anti-Assyrian alliance (see Isaiah 9:1). As a result, Tiglath-pileser captured much of Israel’s northern and eastern lands. Pekah’s failed political strategies caused unrest in Israel, leading to his assassination by Hoshea. Hoshea likely acted to appease the Assyrian king and save the northern…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy ... and slew him--He did not, however, obtain possession of the kingdom till about nine or ten years after the perpetration of this crime [Hales]. in the twentieth year of Jotham--Jotham's reign lasted only sixteen years, but the meaning is that the reign of Hoshea began in the twentieth after the beginning of Jotham's reign. The sacred historian, having not yet introduced the name of Ahaz, reckoned the date by…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 15:30

• Citizens
• Conspiracy
• Elah
• Hoshea
• Pekah
• Regicide
• Remaliah
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Hoshea
• Jotham
• Uzziah
• Elah
• Pekah
• Remaliah
• Assyria
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Elah (1)
• Genealogy

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings