2 Kings 15:25

“But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, etc.] The word signifies a “third” man, the third to the king, as some think; Josephus f172 calls him a “chiliarch”, one that had the command of a thousand men: conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house; Josephus f173 says it was at a banquet: with Argob, and Arieh; whom, according to Abarbinel, Pekah slew with the king, being mighty men, who were always about him; but they seem rather to be conspirators with Pekah, and assisting to him in smiting the king; the former of these, Ben Gersom thinks, was governor of Argob, a country on the other side Jordan, and the latter had his name from his fortitude,…”

“with Argob and Arieh, &c.--Many commentators view these as the captain's accomplices. But it is more probable that they were influential friends of the king, who were murdered along with him.”

“A captain of his - A mere “captain,” a person, therefore, of very moderate rank. The low birth of Pekah is probably glanced at in Isaiah’s favorite designation of him as “Remaliah’s son” Isaiah 7:4-5, Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 8:6. From the fact that Pekah employed Gileadites to carry out his designs, it has been conjectured that he himself belonged to the trans-Jordanic region. In the palace of the king’s house - Rather, “In the tower of the king’s palace;” or possibly “in the harem of the king’s palace” (1 Kings 16:18 note). return to 'Top of Page'”

“am 3245, bc 759 Pekah: Kg2 15:27; Ch2 28:6 a captain: Kg2 9:5; Kg1 16:9 conspired: Kg2 15:10, Kg2 9:14 with Argob: From the contstruction of the Hebrew Text, it would appear that Argob and Arieh were slain with the king, and that the fifty Gileadites were conspirators with Pekah. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 15:26”