He did that which was evil, &c. He was the wicked son of a wicked father, and so perished by such a conspiracy as his father formed against Shallum. With Argob and Arieh It does not appear from the text whether these persons were Pekah's partners in this treason, or Pekahiah's courtiers and officers now slain with him. With fifty men of the Gileadites Who, it is probable, were Pekahiah's body-guard.
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2 Kings 15:24-25
24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.