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Verse 30. _HOSHEA 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
P...
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HOSHEA, 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 sug...
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CHAPTER 15
_ 1. Reign and death of Azariah (Uzziah) (2 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles
26)._
2. Reign and death of Zachariah (2 Kings 15:8)
3. Reign and death of Shallum ...
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LAST KINGS OF ISRAEL. Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, reigned but six
months (2 Kings 15:8), and was killed by Shallum, probably, as LXX (L)
reads, in Ibleam, instead of the Heb., which is doubtfully...
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_Hoshea the son of Elah_ Josephus (_Ant._IX. 13. 1) says Hoshea was a
friend of Pekah. He is mentioned in the Assyrian inscriptions (Smith,
_Assyrian Discoveries_, p. 285), and it appears from that re...
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AND HOSEA, THE SON OF ELAH— After Hoshea had murdered his
predecessor Pekah, the elders of the land seem to have taken the
government into their own hands; for he had not the possession of the
kingdom...
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D. PEKAH, THE GREAT NATIONALIST 15:27-31
TRANSLATION
(27) In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son
of Remaliah began to reign over Israel; he reigned in Samaria twenty
years....
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_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._
Hoshea the...
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HOSHEA.. CONSPIRACY] Hoshea pursued a different policy to Pekah and
sought Assyrian support by paying tribute (2 Kings 17:3). IN THE
TWENTIETH YEAR] According to 2 Kings 15:33 Jotham reigned only 16
y...
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SUNDRY BRIEF ANNALS
This chapter relates the reigns of Azariah and Jotham of Judah, and of
Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah of Israel....
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 15
UZZIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH
V1 Uzziah, Amaziah’s son, began his rule as king of *Judah. He did
so in the 27th...
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(27-31) THE REIGN OF PEKAH, SON OF REMALIAH, IN SAMARIA.
(27) REIGNED TWENTY YEARS. — This does not agree with the duration
assigned to the reign of Jotham (2 Kings 15:33), and the year assigned
as th...
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וַ יִּקְשָׁר ־קֶ֜שֶׁר הֹושֵׁ֣עַ בֶּן
־אֵלָ֗ה...
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THE AGONY OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM
2 Kings 15:8
Shallum
B. C. 740
MENAHEM
B. C. 740-737
PEKAHIAH
B. C. 757-735
PEKAH
B. C.735-734
"Blood toucheth blood."- Hosea 4:2
"The revolters are pr...
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USURPERS AND INVADERS
2 Kings 15:23
The dissolution of Israel proceeded rapidly, for nothing could avert
the steady advance of the Assyrian. According to the usual policy of
Eastern conquerors, the f...
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The throne of Judah was occupied by Azariah, the Uzziah of Isaiah. In
the main, his reign was characterized by obedience to the divine will,
yet the people continued in sin, and the king was smitten w...
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In the twentieth year of Joatham. That is, in the twentieth year from
the beginning of Joatham's reign. The sacred writer chooses rather to
follow here this date, tan to speak of the years of Achaz, w...
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I bring the whole into this compass, not only for the sake of brevity,
but because the observations which are suited to one reign more or
less will suit them all. Short as this chapter is, the events...
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But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings
13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more
glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17.
Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu
was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of
Jehovah...
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AND HOSHEA THE SON OR ELAB MADE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST PEKAH THE SON OF
REMALIAH, AND SMOTE HIM, AND SLEW HIM, AND REIGNED IN HIS STEAD,....
Did by him as he had done by Pekahiah, 2 Kings 15:28, this wa...
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_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._
Ver. 30. _I...
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_Hosea made a conspiracy against Pekah, and smote him_ It is probable
that the people were provoked at him for leaving them exposed to a
foreign enemy, while he invaded Judah; and that Hosea took adva...
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1 Azariah his good reigne.
5 He dying a Leper, Iotham succeedeth.
8 Zachariah, the last of Iehu his generation, reigning ill, is slaine
by Shallum.
13 Shallum reigning a moneth, is slaine by Menahe...
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And Hoshea, the son of Elah, evidently as a result of this Assyrian
campaign, MADE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST PEKAH, THE SON OF REMALIAH, AND
SMOTE HIM, AND SLEW HIM, AND REIGNED IN HIS STEAD, IN THE TWENTI...
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PEKAHIAH AND PEKAH IN ISRAEL...
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AZARIAH'S REIGN IN JUDAH
(vv.1-17)
The reign of Azariah began after Jereboam had reigned 27 years in
Samaria. We have seen Azariah (Uzziah) was only 16 years old when he
began to reign, and reigned...
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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 differe...
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SMOTE HIM, AND SLEW HIM; which he did more easily effect, because the
people were enraged against Pekah, as the man who by his murder of
king Pekahiah the son of Menahem, whom the Assyrian monarch set...
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THE REIGN OF PEKAH KING OF ISRAEL C. 739-732/31 BC (2 KINGS 15:27).
The appeasement party having been defeated, and their king overthrown,
Israel became mainly anti-appeasment, and as such would unite...
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CONTENTS: Reign of Azariah and Jotham over Judah and Zechariah,
Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah over Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Azariah, Jotham, Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pul,
Pekahiah, Pekah, Rez...
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2 Kings 15:1. _Azariah;_ that is, Uzziah, as below, and Isaiah 6:1. He
was a good man under affliction, brought several of the ten tribes
under the wings of his defence, extended his empire to the Red...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 15:8 Israel’s Last Days. The Lord had
promised Jehu that his descendants would reign after him to the
“fourth generation” (2 Kings 10:30). Wit
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 15:27 PEKAH is the last of the Israelite
kings to rule during the long reign of AZARIAH in Judah. Toward the
end of Pekah’s reign, in 733–732 B.C.,...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 15:10. ASSASSINATION OF ZACHARIAH BY THE CONSPIRATOR
SHALLUM—The compound word rendered “_before the people_,” would
seem to record a public act of regicide to...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 15:1
REIGNS OF AZARIAH AND JOTHAM OVER JUDAH; AND OF ZACHARIAH, SHALLUM,
MENAHEM, PEKAHIAH, AND PE
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He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, he reigned for
fifty-two years (2 Kings 15:2).
One of the longest reigns.
He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all
that...
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2 Chronicles 28:16; 2 Chronicles 28:4; 2 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 15:25;...
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Twentieth year — The meaning is, that he began his reign in the
twentieth year after the beginning of Jotham's reign; or, which is the
same thing, in the fourth year of Ahaz, son of Jotham....