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2 Kings 15:23

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In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

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  1. 2 Kings 15:21

    And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  2. 2 Kings 15:22

    And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

  3. 2 Kings 15:24

    And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  4. 2 Kings 15:25

    But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

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