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PEKAHIAH

(Heb. pĕqaḥyâ)

King of Israel for two years (ca. 737-735 b.c.e.) following his father Menahem (2 Kgs. 15:23). Pekahiah apparently continued the pro-Assyrian policies of his father, and he was soon overthrown by Pekah (2 Kgs. 15:25), likely as a response to the heavy tribute exacted from Israel as payment to Assyria.

No details are known of Pekahiah’s reign other than the formulaic negative description of 2 Kgs. 15:24. His short reign would suggest that he was a weaker ruler than his father, and the usurper Pekah is identified as one of his own officers. The inability of any king of Israel to hold a dynasty after that of Jehu (2 Kgs. 15:12) reflects the chaos that followed the rise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and led to the fall of Samaria in 722.

Andrew H. Bartelt






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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