23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem reigned over Israel in Samaria two years.24He did what was bad in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat by which he caused Israel to sin.25Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and struck him down in Samaria in the citadel of the king's house, together with Argob and Arieh and fifty men of the Gileadites who were with him; he put him to death and reigned in his place.26Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all that he did are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.