2 Kings 15:30Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
The setting
Samaria, Israel, 732 BC. Palace intrigue as kingdom crumbles. A desperate man kills his king in modern-day West Bank...
The emotion here: recording brutality with growing dread
The original word
qashar (קשר) — to bind together, conspire, make alliance for evil purpose
Why it matters
Hoshea paid tribute to both Assyria AND Egypt, playing both sides until caught
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Kings 15:30
This wasn't righteous judgment — this was one desperate man murdering another as their world collapsed
Common misconceptionPeople assume this was God's judgment through Hoshea, but the text gives no divine approval. Sometimes evil people just do evil things to other evil people.
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Bible Genome reading
2 Kings 15:30 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Kings 15:30 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, assassination, power struggle. Notable phrases: conspiracy; struck him; killed him; reigned in his place.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“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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