Pekahiah
son of Menachem and King of Israel (2KI 15:22)
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Names
- Pekahiah — פְּקַחְיָה pəqachəyah “y-h-v-h opens” (H6494) · Φακεϊας PHakeïas — 2 Kings 15:22
Associations
- killed by Pekah (inferred)
Dated events
- Pekahiah's reign as king over Israel begins* — 3,221 AH · 761 BC (Ussher) — 2 Kings 15:23
- Pekahiah's reign as king over Israel ends* — 3,223 AH · 759 BC (Ussher) — 2 Kings 15:23
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Recorded at
- Samaria 1 — Pekahiah's reign as king over Israel begins* (2 Kings 15:23)
Appearances
Topical references
- King of Israel — 2 Kings 15:22
- Plotted against and killed by Pekah — 2 Kings 15:25
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.