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2 Reyes 15:25

Y conjuró contra él Peka hijo de Remalías, capitán suyo, y lo hirió en Samaria, en el palacio de la casa real, en compañía de Argob y de Arie, y con otros cincuenta hombres de los hijos de los galaaditas; y lo mató, y reinó en su lugar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Argob;   Arieh;   Citizens;   Conspiracy;   Palace;   Pekah;   Pekahiah;   Regicide;   Remaliah;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Kings of Israel;   Pekah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pekah;   Pekahiah;   Rezin;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Pekah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Arieh;   Pekah;   Pekahiah;   Remaliah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aholah;   Argob (1);   Arieh;   Lion;   Pekah;   Remaliah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Argob;   Arieh;   Castle;   Palace;   Pekah;   Pekahiah;   Remaliah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Argob;   Arieh;   Gilead;   Hosea, Book of;   Pekah;   Pekahiah;   Remaliah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Argob ;   Arieh ;   Gileadites ;   Jotham ;   Palace;   Pekah ;   Pekahiah ;   Remaliah ;   Uzziah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pekah;   Remaliah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gilead;   Jotham;   Pekah;   Pekahiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ar'gob,;   Remali'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Argob (1);   Hosea;   Lion;   Palace;   Pekah;   Pekahiah;   Remaliah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Argob;   Pekah;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Entonces su oficial, Peka, hijo de Remalías, conspiró contra él y lo hirió en Samaria, en la ciudadela de la casa del rey, y también a Argob y a Arie; y con él estaban cincuenta hombres de los hijos de los galaaditas. Y lo mató y reinó en su lugar.
La Biblia Reina-Valera
Kings 15:25"> 25 Y conspiró contra él Peka hijo de Remalías, capitán suyo, é hiriólo en Samaria, en el palacio de la casa real, en compañía de Argob y de Ariph, y con cincuenta hombres de los hijos de los Galaaditas; y matólo, y reinó en su lugar.
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y conspiró contra él Peka, hijo de Remalías, capitán suyo, y lo hirió en Samaria, en el palacio de la casa real, en compañía de Argob y de Arif, y con cincuenta hombres de los hijos de los galaaditas. Y lo mató y reinó en su lugar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Pekah: 2 Kings 15:27, 2 Chronicles 28:6

a captain: 2 Kings 9:5, 1 Kings 16:9

conspired: 2 Kings 15:10, 2 Kings 9:14

with Argob: From the contstruction of the Hebrew Text, it would appear that Argob and Arieh were slain with the king, and that the fifty Gileadites were conspirators with Pekah.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:15 - so that he died 2 Kings 14:19 - they made 2 Kings 15:30 - made 2 Kings 21:23 - General Jeremiah 41:7 - slew Hosea 7:7 - devoured

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his,.... The word signifies a "third" man, the third to the king, as some think; Josephus a calls him a "chiliarch", one that had the command of a thousand men:

conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house; Josephus b says it was at a banquet:

with Argob, and Arieh; whom, according to Abarbinel, Pekah slew with the king, being mighty men, who were always about him; but they seem rather to be conspirators with Pekah, and assisting to him in smiting the king; the former of these, Ben Gersom thinks, was governor of Argob, a country on the other side Jordan, and the latter had his name from his fortitude, which signifies a lion:

and with him fifty men of the Gileadites; which may seem to strengthen the above notion concerning Argob, since the Gileadites were of the same side of Jordan, and were near Argob, see Deuteronomy 3:13

and he killed him, and reigned in his room, as his father killed Shallum, and reigned in his stead.

a Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 11. sect. 1.) b Ibid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A captain of his - A mere “captain,” a person, therefore, of very moderate rank. The low birth of Pekah is probably glanced at in Isaiah’s favorite designation of him as “Remaliah’s son” Isaiah 7:4-5, Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 8:6.

From the fact that Pekah employed Gileadites to carry out his designs, it has been conjectured that he himself belonged to the trans-Jordanic region.

In the palace of the king’s house - Rather, “In the tower of the king’s palace;” or possibly “in the harem of the king’s palace” (1 Kings 16:18 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 15:25. Smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh — Who Argob and Arieh were we know not; some make them men, some make them statues. Pekah had fifty Gileadites in the conspiracy with him.


 
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