Person Old Testament
Pekahiah
Pekahiah, son of Menahem, king of Israel who reigned for 2 years before being assassinated. Mentioned in 3 verses across 1 book, first at 2 Kings 15:22.
Why it matters. King of Israel who reigned for 2 years
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Pekahiah
Pekahiah son of Menahem was king of Israel for 2 years, according to 2Ki.15.22-23. He succeeded his father Menahem but continued in his father's sinful ways. Pekahiah's reign was cut short when his officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him and assassinated him in the citadel of the king's palace in Samaria (2Ki.15.25). Pekah then became king in his place. Pekahiah's short reign reflects the political instability and moral decline of the northern kingdom of Israel.
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
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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- Menahem
Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.