Pekah

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Pekah was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE, known for his reign during a period of political instability and conflict with Assyria.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pekah canonical 2
Pekah son of Remaliah 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical figure
King of Israel
Person in the Hebrew Bible
accessionType coup d'état
alliedWith Rezin of Aram-Damascus
alsoKnownAs Pekah son of Remaliah
linked to: Pekah
associatedWithTribe Ephraim (traditional association)
linked to: Ephraim
cameToPowerBy assassination of Pekahiah
capital Samaria
conflictWith Assyria
Tiglath-Pileser III
contemporaryWith Ahaz of Judah
linked to: Ahaz

Jotham of Judah
Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria
linked to: Tiglath-Pileser III
country Kingdom of Israel
deathCause assassination
enemyOf Ahaz of Judah
linked to: Ahaz

Kingdom of Judah
era Iron Age Levant
father Remaliah
floruitCentury 8th century BCE
governanceContext vassalage pressure from Assyria
historicalStatus partly corroborated by Assyrian records
killedBy Hoshea
knownFor involvement in the Syro-Ephraimite War
reign during political instability
language Hebrew (biblical context)
mentionedIn Book of 2 Kings
Book of Isaiah
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible
name Pekah
participatedIn Syro-Ephraimite War
placeOfActivity Samaria
policy anti-Assyrian coalition
positionHeld King of the northern Kingdom of Israel
linked to: King of Israel
predecessor Pekahiah
region Ancient Israel
reignOver Kingdom of Israel
Northern Kingdom of Israel
religion Yahwism
resultOfAssyrianCampaign deportation of Israelites
loss of Galilean territories
sourceType biblical narrative
successor Hoshea

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hoshea predecessor Pekah
Pekah name Pekah
Pekah alsoKnownAs Pekah son of Remaliah
linked to: Pekah