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2 Kings 15:25-27
New Catholic Bible
2 Kings 15:25-27
New Catholic Bible
25 Pekah, the son of Remaliah, one of his captains, plotted against him. He attacked him in Samaria, in the citadel of the royal palace. Taking fifty Gileadites with him, he killed him, Argob, and Arieh. He then reigned in his stead.
26 The other deeds of Pekahiah and what he did are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27 Pekah of Israel. Pekah, the son of Remaliah, began to reign over Israel in Samaria during the fifty-second year of the reign of Azariah, the king of Judah. He reigned for twenty years.[a]
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- 2 Kings 15:27 The twenty-year reign ascribed to Pekah is not in line with dates assigned to his assassination by Hoshea and Hoshea’s ascension to the throne and the dates of future rulers.
