John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:31
And the rest of the acts of Pekah ,.... Not recorded here, were to be read in the book of chronicles of the kings so often referred to. read more
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John Gill
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-38
REIGNS OF AZARIAH AND JOTHAM OVER JUDAH ; AND OF ZACHARIAH , SHALLUM , MENAHEM , PEKAHIAH , AND PEKAH OVER ISRAEL . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-38
Some lessons from the history of kings. "In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam," etc. The mighty Governor of the universe is represented as saying to the Jewish nation, "I gave thee a king in mine anger" ( Hosea 13:2 ). And truly, with a certain number of exceptions here and there through the ages, kings have proved malific scourges of the race. In this chapter there are mentioned no less than seven of those men who are called kings, but who, instead of having one grain of moral... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:8-31
Worldly prosperity not infrequently the ruin of kingdoms. I. EXAMPLE OF SAMARIA . Scarcely ever was there a more prosperous reign than that of Jeroboam II .—a reign of forty-one years of continual success, uncheckered by a misfortune-Syria defeated, the old border everywhere recovered, Hamath occupied, Damascus brought into a subject condition. As usual, where there is military success, wealth flowed in, and with wealth, luxury. "Great houses" were built ( Amos 3:15 ), "ivory... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:27-31
REIGN OF PEKAH . The writer is again exceedingly brief. Pekah's reign was a remarkable one, and might have furnished much material to the historian. In conjunction with Rezin of Damascus, he made war upon Judaea, defeated Ahaz with great loss ( 2 Chronicles 28:6 ), and laid siege to Jerusalem ( Isaiah 7:1 ). Ahaz called in the aid or' Assyria, and Tiglath-pileser made two expeditions into Palestine—the one mentioned in 2 Kings 15:29 , and another some years afterwards. In the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:31
And the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did (see the comment on 2 Kings 15:27-31 ) , behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 15:31
The rest of the acts of Pekah - On these, see 2 Kings 16:5 note. read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:27-38
Judah’s decline under Ahaz (15:27-16:20)The writer of Kings records the Assyrian attack mentioned above. Pekah’s policy had proved fatal and he was assassinated by Hoshea, a sympathizer with Assyria. Hoshea then became king and won temporary relief for Israel by submitting to Assyria’s control (27-31).Before speaking further of Hoshea, the writer returns to the time before Pekah was assassinated. Pekah’s program for the conquest of Judah had begun during the reign of Jotham, but reached its... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 15:27-31
13. Pekah’s evil reign in Israel 15:27-31Though the writer did not clarify this point, it seems that Pekah had been ruling over Israel in Gilead since 752 B.C., the year Menahem assassinated Shallum. This must be the case in view of the writer’s chronological references. [Note: See Edwin R. Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, pp. 118-40.] He wrote that in the fifty-second year of Azariah, Pekah became king over Israel in Samaria. Apparently Pekah never accepted Menahem’s claim... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 15:8-31
The best days of the kingdom of Israel were while the government was in Jehu's family. In his reign, and the next three reigns, though there were many abominable corruptions and miserable grievances in Israel, yet the crown went in succession, the kings died in their beds, and some care was taken of public affairs; but, now that those days are at an end, the history which we have in these verses of about thirty-three years represents the affairs of that kingdom in the utmost confusion... read more