2 Kings 15:31
And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
This closing formula belongs to the history of the kings of Israel, and its Pekah is Pekah king of Israel. It brings the record of Pekah to its close. His reign was short and troubled. It fell in a time of repeated conflict and decline for the kingdom of Israel.
He stands together with Menahem and Pekahiah before him and Hoshea after him at the close of the kingdom of Israel. The history of Israel is a sad record of turning away from God in idolatry, a course that brought its downfall.
That decline later ended in Assyrian conquest and captivity. The end came through the invasion of Shalmaneser of Assyria, with the conquest completed by Sargon his successor, when the tribes were carried away into captivity and scattered.