²⁵ One of his chief officers, Pekah^(A) son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Taking fifty men of Gilead with him, he assassinated^(B) Pekahiah, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria. So Pekah killed Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.

⁶ In one day Pekah^(A) son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah^(B)—because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Pekah King of Israel

²⁷ In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah^(A) son of Remaliah^(B) became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.

¹⁰ Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people,^[a] assassinated^(A) him and succeeded him as king.

Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah^(A)

¹⁴ So Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth Gilead^(B) against Hazael king of Aram,

⁵ When he arrived, he found the army officers sitting together. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said.

“For which of us?” asked Jehu.

“For you, commander,” he replied.

⁹ Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk^(A) in the home of Arza, the palace administrator^(B) at Tirzah.