He did that which was evil, &c. He was the wicked son of a wicked father, and so perished by such a conspiracy as his father formed against Shallum. With Argob and Arieh It does not appear from the text whether these persons were Pekah's partners in this treason, or Pekahiah's courtiers and officers now slain with him. With fifty men of the Gileadites Who, it is probable, were Pekahiah's body-guard.

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