Pekah Reigns in Israel
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In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, s Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
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In the days of Pekah king of Israel, TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria t came and took u Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he v carried them captive to Assyria.
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Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; so he w reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
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Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:6
For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
Isaiah 7:1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it.
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Cross References
2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
2 Kings 16:10
Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.
1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.
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Cross References
1 Kings 15:20
So BenHadad heeded King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
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Cross References
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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Cross References
2 Kings 17:1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.
Hosea 10:3
For now they say, "We have no king, Because we did not fear the LORD. And as for a king, what would he do for us?
Hosea 10:7
As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on the water.
Hosea 10:15
Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, Because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel Shall be cut off utterly.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.