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pekahiah

pekahiah


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Pekahiah 
  the  Lord  opened  his  eyes,  the  son  and  successor  of  Menahem  on 
  the  throne  of  Israel.  He  was  murdered  in  the  royal  palace  of 
  Samaria  by  Pekah,  one  of  the  captains  of  his  army  (2  Kings 
  15:23-26),  after  a  reign  of  two  years  (B.C.  761-759).  He  "did 
  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord." 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Pekahiah,  it  is  the  Lord  that  opens