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Pekah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen years after this he entered into an alliance with Rezin, king of Syria, and took part with him in besieging Jerusalem (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5). ...

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Pekahiah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

it is the Lord that opens...

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Pelatiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pel-a-ti'-a (pelatyah, "Yahweh delivers"): (1) One who "sealed" the covenant (Neh 10:22). (2) A descendant of Solomon, grandson of Zerubbabel (1 Ch 3:21). (3) A Simeonite, one of the captains who cleared out the Amalekites and dwelt on the captured land (1 Ch 4:42,43). (4) A prince of the people whom Ezekiel (in Babylon) pictures as `devising mi...

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Pekah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

frontHOSHEA.) Son Of Remaliah. "Captain" and "aide de camp" (shalish) of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he murdered, as also his aides de camp Argob and Ariyeh. Became king by the help of 50 Gileadites of the king's bodyguard; perhaps Pekah was a Gileadite himself; energy for good or evil characterized the hardy highlanders of Gilead, as Jepht...

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Pelaiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pe-la'-ya, pe-li'-a (pela'yah): (1) A son of Elioenai, of the royal house of Judah (1 Ch 3:24). (2) A Levite who assisted Ezra by expounding the Law (Neh 8:7), and was one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (10:10). He is called "Phalias" in 1 Esdras 9:48 (Revised Version)....

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Pelatiah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A son of Hananiah, of the family of David 1Ch 3:21 -2. A Simeonite who was captain in an expedition against the Amalekites 1Ch 4:42,43 -3. One of those who signed the covenant with Nehemiah Ne 10:22 -4. A prince against whom Ezekiel prophesied, and who fell dead at the close of the prophecy Eze 11:1-13...

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Pekah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

he that opens; that is at liberty...

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Pelaiah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Elioenai 1Ch 3:24 -2. A Levite who assisted Ezra in instructing the people in the law Ne 8:7; 10:10...

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Pelatiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(delivered by Jehovah). 1. Son of Hananiah the son of Zerubbabel. 1Ch 3:21 (B.C. after 536.) 2. One of the captains of the marauding band of Simeonites who in the reign of Hezekiah made an expedition to Mount Seir and smote the Amalekites. 1Ch 4:42 (B.C. about 700.) 3. One of the heads of the people, and probably the name of a family who se...

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Pekahiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pek-a-hi'-a, pe-ka'-ya (peqachyah, "Yah hath opened" (the eyes) (2 Ki 15:23-26); Phakesias; Codex Alexandrinus Phakeias): 1. Accession: Son of Menahem, and 17th king of Israel. He is said to have succeeded his father in the "50th year of Azariah" (or Uzziah), a synchronism not free from difficulty if his accession is placed in 750-749 (see MEN...

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