2Ki 15:30 Cross References

2 Kings 15:30

30: Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah and assassinated him. He began to rule over Israel in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

Hoshea son of Elah began to rule over Israel in the twelfth year of King Ahaz's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria nine years.

About that time King Ahaz of Judah asked the king of Assyria for help against his enemies.

Then they will say, "We have no king because we didn't fear the LORD. But what's the difference? What could a king do for us anyway?"

"The people of Judah have rejected my gentle care and are rejoicing over what will happen to King Rezin and King Pekah.

He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.
That is why the LORD his God allowed the king of Aram to defeat Ahaz and to exile large numbers of his people to Damascus. The armies of Israel also defeated Ahaz and inflicted many casualties on his army.
In a single day Pekah son of Remaliah, Israel's king, killed 120,000 of Judah's troops because they had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king.

Jotham son of Uzziah began to rule over Judah in the second year of King Pekah's reign in Israel.
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

Samaria will be cut off, and its king will disappear like a chip of wood on an ocean wave.

During the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah, Jerusalem was attacked by King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel, the son of Remaliah. The city withstood the attack, however, and was not taken.
The news had come to the royal court: "Aram is allied with Israel against us!" So the hearts of the king and his people trembled with fear, just as trees shake in a storm.
Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out to meet King Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub. You will find the king at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is bleached.
Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn't need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah.
"Yes, the kings of Aram and Israel are coming against you. They are saying,

You will share that fate, Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day of judgment dawns, the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

Ahaz son of Jotham began to rule over Judah in the seventeenth year of King Pekah's reign in Israel.

Then Pekah son of Remaliah, the commander of Pekahiah's army, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, Pekah assassinated the king, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the palace at Samaria. Pekah then became the next king of Israel.

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