John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 15:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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, which signifies a lion: and with him fifty men of the Gileadites; which may seem to strengthen the above notion concerning Argob, since the Gileadites were of the same side of Jordan, and were near Argob, (see <050313>Deuteronomy 3:13) and he killed him, and reigned in his room, as his father killed Shallum, and reigned in his stead.

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