2 Kings 15:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] two years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּשְׁנַת֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה לַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ פְּקַֽחְיָ֨ה בֶן־מְנַחֵ֧ם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן שְׁנָתָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

In shənat fifty shanah to ʿAzaryah melek Yəhudah; malak Pəqaḥyah ben-Mənaḥem over-Yisraʾel in Shomron shənatayim.

Grammar Details

*shənat*: construct state, feminine singular - year of
*shanah*: feminine singular - year
*ʿAzaryah*: proper name - Azariah
*melek*: construct state, masculine singular - king of
*Yəhudah*: proper name - Judah
*malak*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - reigned/became king
*Pəqaḥyah*: proper name - Pekahiah
*ben*: construct state, masculine singular - son of
*Mənaḥem*: proper name - Menahem
*Yisraʾel*: proper name - Israel
*Shomron*: proper name - Samaria
*shənatayim*: feminine dual - two years

Word Meanings

*malak*: reigned/became king/ruled
*Shomron*: Samaria/Shomron (capital city)

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 15:25 : 25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
1 Kgs 16:8 : 8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, [and reigned] two years.
1 Kgs 22:51 : 51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
2 Kgs 21:19 : 19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

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24And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
25And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.
26Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27In 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.
28And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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31Now 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.
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17In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, [and reigned] ten years in Samaria.
18And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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