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Reign of Pekahiah

760 BC, lasting 2 years traditional (Jones)

Passage
2 Kgs 15:23-26
Person
Pekahiah
Places
Samaria, Gilead
Before
Death of Menahem
After
Death of Pekahiah

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Samaria
  2. location not graded: Gilead

Every verse

All 4 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings4 verses
  1. 15:23

    In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.

  2. 15:24

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  3. 15:25

    Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.

  4. 15:26

    As for the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.