Pekahiah
| Pekahiah | |
|---|---|
Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum | |
| King of Northern Israel | |
| Reign | c. 742 – c. 740 BC |
| Predecessor | Menahem |
| Successor | Pekah |
| Father | Menahem |
Pekahiah (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 became king in the fiftieth year of the reign of
E. R. Thiele offers the dates 742–740 BCE.[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 royal citadel at Samaria by Pekah ben Remaliah, one of his own chief military officers – with the help of fifty men from Gilead. Pekah succeeded Pekahiah as king.[4]
References
- ^ 2 Kings 15:23
- ISBN 0-8254-3825-X, 9780825438257. p. 217
- ^ 2 Kings 15:24
- ^ "Pekahiah", Jewish Encyclopedia