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Israel’s King Pekah

27 In the fifty-second year of Judah’s King Azariah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for twenty years. 28 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

29 In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser(A) of Assyria came and captured Ijon,(B) Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee – all the land of Naphtali(C) – and deported the people to Assyria.(D)

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