KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Kings 15:30
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
WEB World English Bible
Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And make a conspiracy doth Hoshea son of Elah against Pekah son of Remaliah, and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 15
27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] twenty years.
28 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
30 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.
31 And 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.
32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
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וַיִּקְשָׁר־H7194 · qa.sharto conspireקֶ֜שֶׁרH7195 · qe.sherconspiracyהוֹשֵׁ֣עַH1954 · ho.she.aHosheaבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childאֵלָ֗הH425 · e.lahElahעַל־H5921 · aluponפֶּ֙קַח֙H6492 · pe.qachPekahבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childרְמַלְיָ֔הוּH7425 · re.mal.ya.huRemaliahוַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙H5221 · na.khahto smiteוַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּH4191 · mutto dieוַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignתַּחְתָּ֑יוH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underבִּשְׁנַ֣תH8141 · sha.nehyearעֶשְׂרִ֔יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyלְיוֹתָ֖םH3147 · yo.tamJothamבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childעֻזִיָּֽה׃H5818 · uz.ziy.yahUzziah
Cross-references
2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.Isaiah 8:6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;2 Chronicles 28:4-6He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.Hosea 10:7[As for] Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.2 Chronicles 28:16At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.2 Kings 15:25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.2 Kings 15:32-33In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.2 Kings 15:10And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.Isaiah 7:1-9And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.Hosea 10:15So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.Hosea 10:3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
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