10 Sep 2014
King Pekahiah
How He Became King: After his father Menahem died
When He Began Reigning: Uncertain
Reign Length: 2 years
Ruled Over: Israel
Type of King: Evil
Prophet: Uncertain
Death: Assassinated by Pekah
Burial: Unknown
Pekahiah ruled over Israel for two years, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord:
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.
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.”
His reign was cut short when Pekah, one of his captains, assassinated him:
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.”
After the king was dead, Pekah seized the throne and reigned over Israel.