Pekah
son of Remaliah who killed King Pekahiah and became King of Israel in his place (2KI 15:25)
Personmale19 verses
Names
- Pekah — פֶּקַח pəqach “he opens” (H6492) · Φακεε PHakee — 2 Kings 15:25
Titles
- King of Israel — מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל melek yisərael “king of Israel” (H3478) · βασιλέως Ισραηλ basiléōs Israēl “king [of] Israel” (G2474) — 2 Kings 25:29
- son of Remaliah — בֶן־רְמַלְיָהוּ ben rəmaləyahu “son of Remaliah” (H7425) · [none] — Isaiah 7:4
Associations
- killer of Pekahiah
- killed by Hoshea (son of Elah who killed King Pekah and became…) (inferred)
Dated events
- Pekah's rival reign with Menachem as king over Israel begins* — 3,210 AH · 759 BC (Ussher) — 2 Kings 15:27
- Pekah's rival reign with Menachem as king over Israel ends* — 3,221 AH · 741 BC
- Pekah's rival reign with Pekahiah as king over Israel begins* — 3,221 AH · 741 BC — 2 Kings 15:27
- Pekah's rival reign with Pekahiah as king over Israel ends* — 3,223 AH · 739 BC — 2 Kings 15:27
- Pekah's sole reign as king over Israel begins* — 3,223 AH · 759 BC (Ussher) — 2 Kings 15:27
- Pekah's reign as king over Israel ends* — 3,231 AH · 731 BC — 2 Kings 15:27
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Recorded at
- Samaria 1 — Pekah's sole reign as king over Israel begins* (2 Kings 15:27)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
Appearances
Topical references
- Captain of the army of Israel — 2 Kings 15:25
- Conspires against and assassinates King Pekahiah — 2 Kings 15:25
- Is made king of Israel — 2 Kings 15:27
- Victorious in war with Judah — 2 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 28:6
- Is plotted against and killed by Hoshea — 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 15:31
- Prophecies against — Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 8:4
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.