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Pekahiah

– 758 BC

Family

Father
Menahem

In the story

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  • Reign of Pekahiah · 760 BC
  • Death of Pekahiah · 758 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The Lord opened his eyes, the son and successor of Menahem on the throne of Israel. He was murdered in the royal palace of Samaria by Pekah, one of the captains of his army (2 Kings 15:23-26), after a reign of two years (B.C. 761-759). He “did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.”

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 3 verses

2 Kings
15:22, 15:23, 15:26

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.