25 Then Pekah son of Remaliah , his officer , conspired against him and struck him in Samaria , in the castle of the king's house with Argob and Arieh ; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites e , and he killed him and became king in his place . 26 Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all that he did , behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Israel .
27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah , Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria , and reigned twenty years . 28 He did evil in the sight of the Lord ; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat , which he made Israel sin . 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel , Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee , all the land of Naphtali ; and he carried them captive to Assyria . 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah , and struck him and put him to death and became king in his place , in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah . 31 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did , behold , they are written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Israel .
32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel , Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king . 33 He was twenty-five e years old when he became king , and he reigned sixteen e years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok . 34 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord ; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done . 35 Only the high places were not taken away ; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places . He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord . 36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Judah ? 37 In those days the Lord began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 15:25-37
Commentary on 2 Kings 15:8-31
(Read 2 Kings 15:8-31)
This history shows Israel in confusion. Though Judah was not without troubles, yet that kingdom was happy, compared with the state of Israel. The imperfections of true believers are very different from the allowed wickedness of ungodly men. Such is human nature, such are our hearts, if left to themselves, deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. We have reason to be thankful for restraints, for being kept out of temptation, and should beg of God to renew a right spirit within us.
Commentary on 2 Kings 15:32-38
(Read 2 Kings 15:32-38)
Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and profaneness, let them do the more to support and advance piety and virtue.