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2 Kings 15:27-29
New Catholic Bible
2 Kings 15:27-29
New Catholic Bible
27 Pekah of Israel. Pekah, the son of Remaliah, began to reign over Israel in Samaria during the fifty-second year of the reign of Azariah, the king of Judah. He reigned for twenty years.[a]
28 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
29 During the reign of Pekah, the king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He captured Gilead and Galilee, including all of the land of Naphtali, and he took them captive into Assyria.
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- 2 Kings 15:27 The twenty-year reign ascribed to Pekah is not in line with dates assigned to his assassination by Hoshea and Hoshea’s ascension to the throne and the dates of future rulers.
