Bible Person
Meaning: it is the Lord that opens · Male · 3 cross references
Pekahiah is the son of Menahem and a short-lived king of Israel whose reign ends in assassination. He belongs to the unstable final decades of the northern kingdom, when the throne repeatedly changes hands through violence. First appears in 2 Kgs 15:22.1
AI summary: Pekahiah matters because the cross references present him as one more ruler in the rapid, destructive succession crises that mark Israel's decline. His brief reign, evil evaluation, and murder inside the palace underline how politically brittle and spiritually compromised the northern kingdom had become. Taken together, the material presents Pekahiah as a king whose downfall illustrates the collapsing stability of Israel before exile.1
Central Figure
Pekahiah
Meaning: it is the Lord that opens
The Lord opened his eyes, the son and successor of Menahem on the throne of Israel.
The Lord opened his eyes, the son and successor of Menahem on the throne of Israel. He was murdered in the royal palace of Samaria by Pekah, one of the captains of his army (2 Kings 15:23-26), after a reign of two years (B.C. 761-759). He “did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.” 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.