2 Kings 15:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ פֶּ֣קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֧הוּ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

In shənat fifty and two shanah to ʿAzaryah melek Yəhudah; malak Peqaḥ ben-Rəmalyahu over-Yisraʾel in Shomron twenty shanah.

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
*Peqaḥ*: proper name - Pekah
*ben*: construct state, masculine singular - son of
*Rəmalyahu*: proper name - Remaliah
*Yisraʾel*: proper name - Israel
*Shomron*: proper name - Samaria

Word Meanings

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

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Referenced Verses

Isa 7:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Isa 7:4 : 4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
2 Kgs 15:23 : 23 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.
2 Kgs 15:25 : 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
2 Kgs 15:37 : 37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
2 Chr 28:6 : 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
Isa 7:9 : 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
2 Kgs 15:2 : 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
2 Kgs 15:8 : 8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
2 Kgs 15:13 : 13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

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21And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
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28And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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