Pekahiah

Pekahiah Scripture - 2 Kings 15:23

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] two years....

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Pekahiah Scripture - 2 Kings 15:26

And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel....

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Pekahiah Scripture - 2 Kings 15:22

And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead....

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Pekahiah in Wikipedia

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 t...

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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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Pekahiah in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Menahem -King of Israel 2Ki 15:22-26 -Plotted against and killed by Pekah 2Ki 15:25...

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Pekahiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Pekahiah in 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."...

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Pekahiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Menahem's son and successor, slain by Pekah. Reigned 759-757 B.C....

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Pekahiah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

it is the Lord that opens...

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