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In yearבִּשְׁנַתfifty-twoחֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָהof Azariahלַעֲזַרְיָהkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהPekahפֶּקַחsonבֶּןof Remaliahרְמַלְיָהוּbecame kingמָלַךְover Israelעַל יִשְׂרָאֵלin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand reignedtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםyears.שָׁנָה
2 Kings 15:27
Study it in the app“In year fifty-two of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned twenty years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 15:27, word by word
- In yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- fifty-twoחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- fifty-twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- of Azariahעֲזַרְיָהazarya
Azariah
Azariah: the name of many men in the Bible: priests and officials in the time of Solomon (1 Kings 4:2, 5), a king of Judah also called Uzziah (2 Kings 15), one of Daniel's companions (Daniel 1:6), and others. The name means "YHWH has helped."
Where else “azarya” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- Pekahפֶּקַחpekach
Pekah
Pekah: a name meaning "open (the eyes)," "one who sees." Captain of King Pekahiah; he killed him and reigned twenty years in Samaria (2 Kings 15:25-31). He attacked Judah together with Rezin of Aram (Isaiah 7:1).
Where else “pekach” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Remaliahרְמַלְיָהוּremalyahu
Remaliah
Remaliah: a name the lexicon explains as "YHWH has adorned." Father of Pekah, king of Israel (2 Kings 15:25). In Isaiah 7 Pekah is called simply "the son of Remaliah."
Where else “remalyahu” appears- became kingמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appears- over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
26The rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27 · This verse (above)
28He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin.