2 Kings 15:30
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 15:30 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 15:30 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 15:30 — KJV
“And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.”
— 2 Kings 15:30 (KJV)
2 Kings 15:30 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 15:30
“And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 15:30: son, against, pekah
“And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 15:30: son, against, smote
“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.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 15:30: son, against, pekah
“In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 15:30: son, pekah, remaliah
“So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 15:30: son, reigned, stead
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