Study it in the app“Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and reigned in his place, in year twenty of Jotham son of Uzziah.”
Hosheaהוֹשֵׁעַsonבֶּןof Elahאֵלָהmade a conspiracyוַיִּקְשָׁר קֶשֶׁרagainst Pekahעַל פֶּקַחsonבֶּןof Remaliah,רְמַלְיָהוּand struck himוַיַּכֵּהוּand put him to deathוַיְמִיתֵהוּand reignedוַיִּמְלֹךְin his place,תַּחְתָּיוin yearבִּשְׁנַתtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםof Jothamלְיוֹתָםsonבֶּןof Uzziah.עֻזִיָּה
Hoshea
Hoshea, the first name of Joshua son of Nun; other men bear it later, among them the prophet Hosea. It means "salvation" or "deliverer."
Where else “hoshea” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsElah
Elah, the name of several men (a chief of Edom; a king of Israel) and of the valley of Elah in Judah, where David defeated Goliath. As a common word it means "oak" or "terebinth".
Where else “ela” appearsconspire
To join secretly with others to bring down someone in authority.
Where else “yikshar” appearsconspiracy
Conspiracy: a secret agreement to rise up against the one in power.
Where else “kesher” appearsPekah
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” appearsRemaliah
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” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yake” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsJotham
Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, the only one who escaped the slaughter of his brothers. Later a king of Judah bore the same name (2 Kings 15:32). It means "YHWH is perfect."
Where else “yotam” appearsUzziah
Uzziah: a name meaning "my strength is YHWH." Another name of King Azariah of Judah (2 Kings 15:13, 30, 32; Isaiah 6:1); other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 6:24; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “uziya” appearsHere “year twenty of Jotham” is counted, although 15:33 says that Jotham reigned sixteen years; each figure is left as it is.
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried them into exile to Assyria.
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31The rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
