| Pekahiah Smith's Bible Dictionary
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| Pekahi'ah.
(whose eyes Jehovah opened). Son and successor of Menahem, who
was the 17th king of the separate kingdom of Israel, B.C. 759-757. After
a brief reign of scarcely two years, a conspiracy was organized, against
him by Pekah, who murdered him, and seized the throne.
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| Taken from: Smith's Bible Dictionary by Dr. William Smith (1884) | |