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Pekahiah

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Pekahiah (; Pəqaḥyā; "YHWH has opened the eyes"; ) was the seventeenth and third-from-last king of Israel and the son of Menahem, whom he succeeded, and the second and last king of Israel from the House of Gadi. He ruled from the capital of Samaria.

Key facts

Royalty.name
Pekaias
Royalty.title
King Of Israel
Royalty.image
Pekahiah.png
Royalty.caption
Pekahiah from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Royalty.succession
King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Royalty.predecessor
Menahem
Royalty.father
Menahem
Royalty.successor
Pekah

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of death
Samaria
Father
Menahem
Occupation
monarch
Image
Phacea-Pekahiah.jpg
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date of birth
0800-01-01
date of death
0740-00-00
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Pekahiah (; Pəqaḥyā; "YHWH has opened the eyes"; ) was the seventeenth and third-from-last king of Israel and the son of Menahem, whom he succeeded, and the second and last king of Israel from the House of Gadi. He ruled from the capital of Samaria.

Pekahiah became king in the fiftieth year of the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 738–736 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 742–740 BCE.

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