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2 Kings 15:26 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 26. 26And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Pekahiah is assassinated in the palace.”
Pekahiah is killed inside his own citadel
This verse is one part of that explanation in 2 Kings 15:23–26. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 2 Kings 15:23–26
Read 2 Kings 15:26 with 15:23–26. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Pekahiah continues Jeroboam's pattern and is killed in Samaria's citadel by Pekah with fifty Gileadites.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Pekahiah is assassinated in the palace,” 2 Kings 15:26 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 2 Kings 15:17–22 establishes this prior movement: Menahem continues royal evil, pays Pul of Assyria to secure his rule, and raises the tribute from wealthy Israelites before dying. 2 Kings 15:23–26 continues the same royal, prophetic, household, military, reform, or exile movement; that evidenced relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 2 Kings 15:23–26 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 15:23–26 forms one scene or regnal notice: Pekahiah continues Jeroboam's pattern and is killed in Samaria's citadel by Pekah with fifty Gileadites.
Verse 23. 23 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.
Verse 24. 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.
Verse 25. 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.
Verse 26. 26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Follow the Context
- Pekahiah continues Jeroboam's pattern and is killed in Samaria's citadel by Pekah with fifty Gileadites.
- The unit closes by establishing the result or tension named in “Pekahiah is assassinated in the palace” before the next narrated movement.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
2 Kings 15:26 does not permit the wording “And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in…” to be read apart from the selected verse's context. A terse coup notice does not make assassins heroes or erase guards, servants, and civilians caught in elite violence.
What Remains True
Public power, prophetic authority, and worship remain accountable to truth, human responsibility, affected people, and the limits of the evidence rather than title or success alone. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Pekahiah continues Jeroboam's pattern and is killed in Samaria's citadel by Pekah with fifty Gileadites. In 2 Kings 15:26, the concrete line “And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in…” keeps that truth accountable to narrated evidence.
Teach It Back
In 70–220 words, explain 2 Kings 15:26's role in 15:23–26. Paraphrase “And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in…,” identify one agent or affected person, state one material source or historical limit, and name one conclusion the context does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Kings 15:23–26 — Pekahiah is assassinated in the palaceSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Kings 15:23–26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 15:23–26
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded translation comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Kings PDF, printed pp. 649–651, translation and translator notes for 15:23–26
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