Atlas Biblica

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    Pekahiah

    פְּקַחְיָה

    Pekahiah, son of Menahem, king of Israel who reigned for 2 years before being assassinated.

    verses
    3
    first named
    2 Kings 15:22
    last named
    2 Kings 15:26
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Israel

    Description

    Who was Pekahiah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Pekahiah son of Menahem was king of Israel for 2 years, according to 2Ki.15.22-23. He succeeded his father Menahem but continued in his father's sinful ways. Pekahiah's reign was cut short when his officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him and assassinated him in the citadel of the king's palace in Samaria (2Ki.15.25). Pekah then became king in his place. Pekahiah's short reign reflects the political instability and moral decline of the northern kingdom of Israel.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Pekahiah10 of 11 entities the graph connects to Pekahiah, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 2, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.MenahemChild of · 1 event · 8 versesKinshipPekah’s reignTook part in · 3 versesPekahiah’s reignTook part in · 2 versesCompanyIsrael2 events · 2,578 versesSin1 event · 240 versesSamaria2 events · 124 versesTurning Away1 event · 15 versesPekah3 events · 11 versesUzziah’s reign1 event · 6 versesArgob1 event · 1 verseEventsPekahiah

    The 10 best-attested of 11 are drawn. All 11 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Pekahiah happensThe one place the claims about Pekahiah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Samaria. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Pekahiah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Samaria
    Divided MonarchyThe one place the claims about Pekahiah reach

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 1 book.

    1. 2 Kings3 verses

      15:2215:2315:26

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Pekah’s reign and Pekahiah’s reignReignReign is a concept gathering 158 labelled instances in the text.via Pekah’s reign and Pekahiah’s reignSamariaCapital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitantsvia MenahemGadiFather of Menahem, king of Israel.via Pekah’s reignIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia MenahemMenahem’s reignMenahem’s reign is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Pekah’s reignPekahKing of Israel who reigned for 20 years

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