Discovery Box2 Kings 15:25 
Context15:25 His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace. 1 Pekah then took his place as king.
2 Kings 15:27
Context15:27 In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 2 for twenty years.
2 Kings 15:30
Context15:30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him 3 and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.
2 Kings 15:32
Context15:32 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Uzziah’s son Jotham became king over Judah.
2 Kings 15:37
Context15:37 In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah. 4
1 tn Heb “and he struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the house of the king, Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites, and they killed him.”
sn The precise identity of Argob and Arieh, as well as their relationship to the king, are uncertain. The usual assumption is that they were officials assassinated along with Pekahiah, or that they were two of the more prominent Gileadites involved in the revolt. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 173.
2 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
3 tn Heb “and struck him down and killed him.”
4 tn Heb “the
