²⁵ Then his officer, Pekah^(A) son of Remaliah, conspired against him^(B) and struck him down in Samaria at the citadel of the king’s palace^(C) —as well as Argob and Arieh.^[a] There were 50 Gileadite men with Pekah. He killed Pekahiah and became king in his place.

²⁶ As for the rest of the events of Pekahiah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

Israel’s King Pekah

²⁷ In the fifty-second year of Judah’s King Azariah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned 20 years. ²⁸ He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

²⁹ In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser^(D) king of Assyria came and captured Ijon,^(E) Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali^(F)—and deported the people to Assyria.^(G)

³⁰ Then Hoshea^(H) son of Elah organized a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked him, killed him,^(I) and became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

³¹ As for the rest of the events of Pekah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

Judah’s King Jotham

³² In the second year of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham^(J) son of Uzziah became king of Judah. ³³ He was 25 years old when he became king^(K) and reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. ³⁴ He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his father Uzziah had done.^{(L) 35} Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.^{(M) 36} The rest^(N) of the events of Jotham’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.^{(O) 37} In those days the Lord began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.^(P)

Judah’s King Ahaz

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah,^(A) Ahaz^(B) son of Jotham became king of Judah.

⁵ Then^(A) Aram’s King Rezin and Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah came to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but were not able to conquer him.^(B)

⁶ Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day—all brave men—because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.

The Message to Ahaz

7 This took place during the reign of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah:^(A) Rezin king of Aram, along with Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, waged war against Jerusalem,^(B) but he could not succeed. ² When it became known to the house of David^(C) that Aram had occupied Ephraim,^(D) the heart of Ahaz^[a] and the hearts of his people trembled like trees of a forest shaking in the wind.

³ Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub^(E) to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool,^(F) by the road to the Fuller’s Field. ⁴ Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardly^(G) because of these two smoldering stubs of firebrands, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah. ⁵ For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say, ⁶ ‘Let us go up against Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it for ourselves. Then we can install Tabeel’s son as king in it.’”

⁷ This is what the Lord God says: