2 Kings 15:27 meaning and explanation
In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.
2 Kings 15:27, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse introduces Pekah, who seized Israel’s throne after conspiring against Pekahiah, as the previous verses describe. The narrator dates his accession by the fifty-second year of Azariah, also called Uzziah, king of Judah, a common way of synchronizing the two kingdoms.
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