POLITICIAN

Pekahiah

800 BC - 760 BC

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Pekahiah (; Hebrew: פְּקַחְיָה Pəqaḥyā; "YHWH has opened the eyes"; Latin: Phaceia) was the seventeenth and antepenultimate king of Israel and the son of Menahem, whom he succeeded, and the second and last king of Israel from the House of Gadi. He ruled from the capital of Samaria. Pekahiah became king in the fiftieth year of the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 738–736 BCE, while E. R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pekahiah has received more than 86,829 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Pekahiah is the 3,497th most popular politician (up from 3,602nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Palestine and the 2nd most popular Politician.

Pekahiah is most famous for his betrayal of the northern kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pekahiah ranks 3,497 out of 19,576Before him are Laura Bush, Choe Yong-rim, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Theobald II of Navarre, Emperor Tenji, and Moncef Marzouki. After him are Pepin II of Aquitaine, Qi of Xia, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Rauf Denktaş, Seleucus III Ceraunus, and Meir Kahane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Pekahiah ranks 18Before him are Jotham of Judah, Candaules, Piye, Zechariah of Israel, Taharqa, and Marduk-apla-iddina II. After him are Menahem, Tantamani, Duke Huan of Qi, Tarpeia, Shabaka, and Rusa I. Among people deceased in 760 BC, Pekahiah ranks 3Before him are Candaules, and Marduk-apla-iddina II. After him are Menahem, and Archelaus of Sparta.

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In Palestine

Among people born in Palestine, Pekahiah ranks 4 out of 5Before him are Zacchaeus (50), Jehoshaphat (-908), and Herod Archelaus (-23). After him are Randa Siniora (1961).

Among POLITICIANS In Palestine

Among politicians born in Palestine, Pekahiah ranks 2Before him are Herod Archelaus (-23).