2 Kings 15 · Verse 23

2 Kings 15:23

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 Kings 15:23, King James Version

2 Kings 15:23 in other translations

BSBIn the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.
WEBIn the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria for two years.
ASVIn the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
YLTIn the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah hath Pekahiah son of Menahem reigned over Israel, in Samaria--two years,
DARBYIn the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, for two years.
BBEIn the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah, the son of Menahem, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for two years.
WebsterIn the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

What does 2 Kings 15:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. Pekahiah ... son of Menahem began to reign--On comparing the date given with Azariah's reign, it seems that several months had intervened between the death of Menahem and the accession of Pekahiah, probably owing to a contest about the throne.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 15:8-31

This history shows Israel in confusion. Though Judah was not without troubles, yet that kingdom was happy, compared with the state of Israel. The imperfections of true believers are very different from the allowed wickedness of ungodly men. Such is human nature, such are our hearts, if left to themselves, deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. We have reason to be thankful for restraints, for being kept…

Read the full comment on 2 Kings 15:8-31 →

2 Kings 15:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּשְׁנַת֙bish.Natin yearH8141
חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.ShimfiftyH2572
שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141
לַעֲזַרְיָ֖הla.'a.zar.Yahof AzariahH5838
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
מָ֠לַךְMa.lakhhe became kingH4427
פְּקַֽחְיָ֨הpe.kach.YahPekahiahH6494
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
מְנַחֵ֧םme.na.ChemMenahemH4505
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹןbe.sho.me.Ronin SamariaH8111
שְׁנָתָֽיִם\׃she.na.Ta.yimtwo yearsH8141

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 15:23

  • 2 Kings 21:19

    Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

  • 1 Kings 22:51

    Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

  • 1 Kings 16:8

    In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

  • Job 20:5

    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  • 1 Kings 15:25

    And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3243. B.C. 761. and reigned two years.
21:19; 1Ki 15:25; 16:8; 22:51; Job 20:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 15:22

    And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Kings 15:23

    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 Kings 15:24

    And 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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2 Kings 15:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En el año cincuenta de Azarías rey de Judá, reinó Pekaía hijo de Manahem sobre Israel en Samaria, dos años.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La cinquantième année d’Azaria, roi de Juda, Pekakhia, fils de Menahem, commença de régner sur Israël à Samarie; il régna deux ans.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Im 50. Jahre Asarjas, des Königs von Juda, wurde Pekachja, der Sohn Menachems, König über Israel zu Samaria und regierte zwei Jahre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Anno quinquagesimo Azariæ regis Juda, regnavit Phaceia filius Manahem super Israël in Samaria biennio.