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("the Lord opened [his eyes]")

Son of Menahem king of Israel, he became king at the death of his father in 737 B.C. He reigned for only two years, but "he did evil in the sight of the Lord" (II Kgs 15:24) and was assassinated in his own house in a plot led by Pekah son of Remaliah.

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II Kgs 15:22-23, 26

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Pekahiah (pē'kəhī'ə), in the Bible, king of Israel, son and successor of Menahem. His reign was ended by his murder at the hands of his general Pekah.
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Pekahiah ("the Lord opened his eyes"; Latin: Phaceia) was a 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 became king in the fiftieth year of the reign of Azariah, king of Judah.[1] William F. Albright has dated his reign to 738 BC – 737 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 742 BC – 740 BC.[2]

Pekahiah continued the practices of Jeroboam, which are called the sins of Jeroboam.[3]

After a reign of two years, Pekahiah was assassinated in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria by Pekah, son of Remaliah, one of his chief officers, with the help of fifty men of Gilead. Pekah succeeded Pekahiah as king.[4]

References

  1. ^ 2 Kings 15:23
  2. ^ Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). ISBN 082543825X, 9780825438257. p 217
  3. ^ 2 Kings 15:24
  4. ^ 2 Kings 15:25
Pekahiah
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Preceded by
Menahem		 King of Israel
742 BC – 740 BC		 Succeeded by
Pekah
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