From the verb to open, used of the eyes. The name Pekahiah adds the divine name.
About
King of Israel, the son of Remaliah. A captain under Pekahiah, he conspired against him and, with fifty men of Gilead at his side, killed him in Samaria. He reigned twenty years. He did evil in the sight of the Lord and kept to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. With Rezin of Syria he went up against Jerusalem. Kings says they besieged Ahaz and could not overcome him. Chronicles adds that Pekah killed a hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day. In his days Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria took Gilead, Galilee and all the land of Naphtali. Hoshea the son of Elah conspired against him and killed him.
Relationships
OverthrewPekahiahThe king he served as captain, then killed in Samaria
RivalAhazKing of Judah he and Rezin of Syria besieged in Jerusalem
Overthrown byHosheaSon of Elah, who conspired, killed him and reigned in his place
Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
2 Kings 15:25
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.2 Kings 15:25, KJV
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.2 Kings 15:29, KJV
2 Kings 15:30
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.2 Kings 15:30, KJV
Isaiah 7:1
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.Isaiah 7:1, KJV
Isaiah 7:4
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.Isaiah 7:4, KJV
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