2 Kings 15:25Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, 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: and he killed him, and reigned in his place.
The setting
Inside the royal palace at Samaria, ~740 BC. Pekah, Pekahiah's own military captain, leads 50 Gileadite soldiers in a violent coup...
The emotion here: recording brutal political reality with clinical detachment
The original word
qashar (קשר) — to conspire, literally 'to bind together' - suggesting careful coordination and broken loyalty
Why it matters
Argob and Arieh were likely Pekahiah's bodyguards who were killed alongside him
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Kings 15:25
Pekah wasn't a foreign invader - he was Pekahiah's most trusted military leader
Common misconceptionPeople assume this was about foreign invasion, but it was an inside job - the people closest to power overthrowing their leader.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Kings 15:25 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Kings 15:25 comes from the book of 2 Kings, written during the Divided Kingdom period. The setting is a royal palace. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include betrayal, violence, political instability. Notable phrases: conspired against him; struck him; castle of the king's house.
Emotionally similar
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“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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