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Sign in to savePekah (, Peqaḥ; Paqaḫa [pa-qa-ḫa]; ) was the eighteenth and penultimate king of Israel. He was a captain in the army of king Pekahiah of Israel, whom he killed to become king. Pekah was the son of Remaliah.
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- Royalty.name
- Pekah
- Royalty.title
- King Of Israel
- Royalty.image
- Pekah.png
- Royalty.caption
- Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé
- Royalty.succession
- King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
- Royalty.predecessor
- Pekahiah
- Royalty.successor
- Hoshea
- Royalty.death_date
- 732 BC
- Royalty.father
- Remaliah
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- date of death
- 0732-01-01
- date of birth
- 0800-01-01
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11 sectionsContents
- Reign
- Chronology
- Controversy
- C. Lederer and H. J. Cook: a rival reign in Gilead
- Assyrian references
- Pekah as commander under Pekahiah
- Chronological note
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
Pekah (, Peqaḥ; Paqaḫa [pa-qa-ḫa]; ) was the eighteenth and penultimate king of Israel. He was a captain in the army of king Pekahiah of Israel, whom he killed to become king. Pekah was the son of Remaliah.
Pekah became king in the fifty-second and last year of Uzziah, king of Judah.
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