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Pekahiah
A king of Israel, son of Menahem, who reigned two years and did evil in the sight of the Lord, not turning from the sins of Jeroboam. He was assassinated in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria by his own officer Pekah, with fifty men of Gilead, who then took the throne.
What we know — and how we know it
Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1
Family & lineage
Where in scripture
2 KingsMenahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15:22
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria for two years.
2 Kings 15:23 — Reigns over Israel
Now 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.
2 Kings 15:26
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.