Pekah Reigns in Israel
Pekah begins a twenty-year reign in Samaria, but he too is judged evil and remains in Jeroboam’s sins.
I27n the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years. 28And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
Verse 27In Azariah’s fifty-second year, Pekah son of Remaliah becomes king of Israel in Samaria and reigns twenty years.
It introduces Pekah’s reign and length.
Verse 28He does evil in the LORD’s sight and does not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit.
It gives the familiar indictment of his rule.
During Pekah’s reign, Tiglath-pileser captures northern cities and carries people into Assyria, and Pekah is later killed by Hoshea, who succeeds him.
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria. 30Then 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. 31As for the rest of the acts of Pekah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Verse 29In Pekah’s days, Tiglath-pileser of Assyria captures northern cities and regions and carries their people into exile.
It marks a major loss of land and people to Assyria.
Verse 30Hoshea son of Elah conspires against Pekah, kills him in Jotham’s twentieth year, and reigns in his place.
It ends Pekah’s reign through another coup.
Verse 31The rest of Pekah’s acts and accomplishments are written in the chronicles of Israel’s kings.
It closes the reign with the usual record notice.
A quiet block diagram: each row is one authored paragraph movement, with verse numbers kept visible for scanning and deeper work.
- vv. 27-28
Pekah begins a twenty-year reign in Samaria, but he too is judged evil and remains in Jeroboam’s sins.
This paragraph introduces Pekah within the same moral pattern as his predecessors. - vv. 29-31
During Pekah’s reign, Tiglath-pileser captures northern cities and carries people into Assyria, and Pekah is later killed by Hoshea, who succeeds him.
This paragraph joins foreign conquest and internal overthrow as signs of deepening collapse.