Pekah — Bible person

Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen years after this he entered into an alliance with Rezin, king of Syria, and took part with him in besieging Jerusalem (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5). But Tiglath-pilser, who was in alliance with Ahaz, king of Judah, came up against Pekah, and carried away captive many of the inhabitants of his kingdom (2 Kings 15:29). This was the beginning of the “Captivity.” Soon after this Pekah was put to death by Hoshea, the son of Elah, who usurped the throne (2 Kings 15:30; 16:1-9. Comp. Isa. 7:16; 8:4; 9:12). He is supposed by some to have been the “shephard” mentioned in Zech. 11:16.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (11)

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Show passage in OET: KI2 15:25

OET-RV KI2 15:25

25 But Pekah the son of Remalyah, Pekahyah’s third officer, plotted to assassinate him, and he attacked him in the palace in Shomron with the assistance of Argov and Aryeh and fifty Giladim. So Pekah killed King Pekahyah and replaced him as king.

OET-LV KI2 15:25

25 And_he _conspired on/upon/above_him/it Peqaḩ the _son _of Rəmal^yāhū officer _of_his and_he_struck _him _down in_Shomrōn in_the _fortress _of the _house _of the _king with ʼArgoⱱ and_DOM (the)_ʼAryēh and_were_with_him fifty man from_(the)_sons the_Gilˊādites and_he_killed _him and_he _became _king in_place _of _him.

Show passage in OET: KI2 15:27

OET-RV KI2 15:27

27 In the fifty-second year of King Azaryah’s reign over Yehudah (Judah), Remalyah’s son Pekah became king over Yisrael (Israel) and reigned from Shomron (Samaria) for twenty years.

OET-LV KI2 15:27

27 In_year fifty and_two year of_ˊAzar^yāh the _king _of Yəhūdāh Peqaḩ the _son _of Rəmal^yāhū he _became _king over Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_Shomrōn twenty year[s].

Show passage in OET: KI2 15:29

OET-RV KI2 15:29

29 During the reign of King Pekah over Yisrael, Ashur’s (Assyria’s) King Tiglat -Pileser came, and he captured the cities of Iyon, Avel -Beyt-Ma’akah, Yanoah, Kedesh, and Hatsor, and the regions of Gilead, Galil, and Naftali (Naphtali), and he exiled their people to Ashur.

OET-LV KI2 15:29

29 In_the _days _of Peqaḩ the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) Tiglat pilʼeşer the _king _of ʼAshshūr he _came and_he/it _took DOM Ijon and_DOM Abel Bēyt Maacah and_DOM Yānōaḩ/(Janoah) and_DOM Qedesh and_DOM Ḩāʦōr and_DOM (the)_Gilˊād and_DOM (to)_the_Gālīl all _of the _land _of Naftālī and_he_took _them _into _exile to_ʼAshshūr.

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