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Pekahiah (/ ˌ p ɛ k ə ˈ h aɪ ə /; Hebrew: פְּקַחְיָה Pəqaḥyā; "YHWH has opened the eyes"; Latin: Phaceia) was the seventeenth and antepenultimate king of Israel and the son of Menahem, whom he succeeded, and the second and last king of Israel from the House of Gadi. He ruled from the capital of Samaria.
PEKAHIAH pĕk’ ə hī’ ə ( פְּקַֽחְיָ֨ה, Yahu has opened [ the eyes ]). King of Israel 741-740 b.c., son and successor of Menahem, who was murdered by Pekah and who usurped the throne. Pekahiah’s dates are established by correlative reckoning with the kings of Judah ( see Pekah ).
Jan 4, 2022 · Pekah was one such evil king. He began his rule in the kingdom of Israel by assassinating the former king, Pekahiah, for whom Pekah served as a chief officer, and taking over his throne (2 Kings 15:25). Pekah reigned for 20 years before he himself was assassinated by Hoshea son of Elah.
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23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years. 24 Pekahiah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
The son of Menaham and king of Israel, the Northern Kingdom, ca. 738–737 BCE in its last, unstable period prior to the destruction of the capital, Samaria, in 722 BCE. After a brief reign he was assassinated by one of his officers, Pekah ben Remaliah, who then took the throne ( 2Kgs 15:23-26 ).
Pekahiah ( whose eyes Jehovah opened ), son and successor of Menahem was the 17th king of the separate kingdom of Israel, B.C. 759-757. After a brief reign of scarcely two years a conspiracy was organized against him by Pekah, who murdered him and seized the throne.
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