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

28But he did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to commit. 29In 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. 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. 31Now 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. 32In the second year of Pekah son of King Remaliah of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.

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 15:10Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and smote him before the people, killed him, and became king in his place.
• Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say: “We have no king, for we have not feared Adonai. The king—what can he do for us?”
• 2 Kings 15:32In the second year of Pekah son of King Remaliah of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
• 2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of King Jotham of Judah, began to reign.
• 2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king in Samaria over Israel, and he reigned nine years.
• 2 Chronicles 28:4He offered sacrifices and burned incense in the high places, on the hills and under every leafy tree.
• Isaiah 7:1Now it came about in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah, son of Remaliah of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
• Isaiah 8:6“Because these people have refused the softly flowing waters of Shiloah, and rejoice with Rezin and Remaliah’s son,

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