Dict: easton - Pekah

easton:

Pekah @ open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne ( kjv@2Kings:15:25). Seventeen years after this he entered into an alliance with Rezin, king of Syria, and took part with him in besieging Jerusalem ( kjv@2Kings:15:37 kjv@2Kings:16:5). But Tiglath-pilser, who was in alliance with Ahaz, king of Judah, came up against Pekah, and carried away captive many of the inhabitants of his kingdom ( kjv@2Kings:15:29). This was the beginning of the "Captivity." Soon after this Pekah was put to death by Hoshea, the son of Elah, who usurped the throne ( kjv@2Kings:15:30 kjv@2Kings:16:1-9. Comp. kjv@Isaiah:7:16 kjv@Isaiah:8:4 kjv@Isaiah:9:12 ). He is supposed by some to have been the "shephard" mentioned in kjv@Zechariah:11:16.