Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; so he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.
- NASB And Hoshea the son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death, and he became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- NLT Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah and assassinated him. He began to rule over Israel in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
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Quick answer
Hoshea assassinates Pekah and seizes the throne, the last in a string of violent coups in Israel. It marks Israel's final king before the kingdom collapses.
Overview
Israel's northern throne continues to change hands by murder rather than by God's appointment, exposing a kingdom in moral and political freefall. Hoshea will be Israel's last king, reigning as Assyria's grip tightens. The instability contrasts with the enduring promise God made to David's line, through which the true and final King would come.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Kgs 17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
- Isa 8:6“Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
- Hos 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?”
- 2 Chr 28:4–6He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kgs 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
- Isa 7:1–9In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
- 2 Kgs 15:32–33In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kgs 15:10Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
- Hos 10:7Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.
- 2 Kgs 15:25Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites. He killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Chr 28:16At that time king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.
- Hos 10:15So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.
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