Pekahiah
Pekahiah was the king of Israel. He was the son of King Menahem, and was succeeded by Pekah.
- Kings of Israel: ... -> Menahem -> Pekahiah -> Pekah -> ...
Overview
Pekahiah succeeded his father Menahem as King of Israel.
After a reign of two years, he was assassinated in the royal citadel at Samaria by Pekah ben Remaliah - one of his own chief military officers - with the help of fifty men from Gilead. Pekah succeeded Pekahiah as king.
Pekahiah in ancient sources
Book of Kings
2 Kings 15:17-22 (NRSV) -- Pekahiah Reigns over Israel -- 23 In the fiftieth year of King Azariah of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria; he reigned two years. 24 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin. 25 Pekah son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty of the Gileadites, and attacked him in Samaria, in the citadel of the palace along with Argob and Arieh; he killed him, and reigned in place of him. 26 Now the rest of the deeds of Pekahiah, and all that he did, are written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel.