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22 Then Menahem died, as did[a] his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.

Pekahiah’s Reign over Israel

23 Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel for two years during the fiftieth year of the reign of[b] King Azariah of Judah. 24 He did what the Lord considered to be evil. Just as Nebat’s son Jeroboam had led Israel into sin, so also Pekahiah did not stop doing the same thing.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:22 Lit. Menahem slept with
  2. 2 Kings 15:23 The Heb. lacks the reign of