Reign of Pekahiah

Date: -760 (2Y)

Locations: Samaria

Participants: Pekahiah

Scripture References

• 2 Kings 15:23 — In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
• 2 Kings 15:24 — And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
• 2 Kings 15:25 — But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
• 2 Kings 15:26 — And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Last updated: Dec 4, 2020