ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Kgs 15:27
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2 Kgs 15:27

15:27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah. That is, 740 b.c.

twenty years. That is, 752–732 b.c. The chronology of Pekah’s rule is difficult to establish. It is possible that he led a rebellion during the politically unstable reign of Menahem (vv. 17–22) and that his reign is calculated from this point (v. 25 note).