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Pekahiah פְּקַחְיָה
King of N. Israel. Pekahiah, son of Menahem, king of Israel who reigned for 2 years before being assassinated.
Family
| Father | Menahem |
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Where Pekahiah appears
2 Kings (3)
Key verses
- 2 Kings 15:22 first mention — And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
- 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.
- 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.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.