Pekah
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| Kings of Israel |
| Saul |
| Ishbosheth |
| David |
| Solomon |
| Jeroboam I. |
| Nadab |
| Baasha |
| Elah |
| Zimri |
| Omri |
| Ahab |
| Ahaziah |
| Jehoram |
| Jehu |
| Jehoahaz |
| Jehoash |
| Jeroboam II. |
| Zachariah |
| Shallum |
| Menahem |
| Pekahiah |
| Pekah |
| Hoshea |
Meaning: open-eyed
The son of Remaliah, a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2Kg 15:25). Seventeen years after this he entered into an alliance with Rezin, king of Syria, and took part with him in besieging Jerusalem (2Kg 15:37; 2Kg 16:5). But Tiglath-pileser, who was in alliance with Ahaz, king of Judah, came up against Pekah, and carried away captive many of the inhabitants of his kingdom (2Kg 15:29). This was the beginning of "the Captivity." Soon after this Pekah was put to death by Hoshea, the son of Elah, who usurped the throne (2Kg 15:30; 2Kg 16:1ff. Comp. Isa 7:16; Isa 8:4; Isa 9:12). He is supposed by some to have been the "shephard" mentioned in Zech 11:16.
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