Person Old Testament
Pekah
Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel who reigned for 20 years. Mentioned in 11 verses across 3 books, first at 2 Kings 15:25.
Why it matters. King of Israel who reigned for 20 years
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Pekah
Pekah son of Remaliah was the king of Israel for 20 years, according to 2Kings 15. He came to power by conspiring against and assassinating King Pekahiah. During his reign, Pekah allied with Rezin king of Aram to attack Judah, but they were unsuccessful in capturing Jerusalem (2Ki.16.5; Isa.7.1). However, Pekah did inflict heavy casualties on Judah, killing 120,000 in one day (2Ch.28.6). Pekah's reign ended when Hoshea conspired against him, killed him, and succeeded him as king. Pekah's reign was marked by political instability and conflict with Judah.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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- Remaliah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 11 verses across 3 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.