. "Pekah king of Israel was the king that succeeded Pekahiah king of Israel soon after assassinating him. He was a king who did evil in the sight of the LORD and was king when Tiglath-Pileser III invaded Israel. He was assassinated by Hoshea son of Elah, who proceeded to become king, the last king of Israel."@en . "Pekah"@en . . . . . . "Pekah (Hebrew, open-eyed) (r. 759-739 BC according to Ussher, or r. 752-732 BC according to Thiele), son of Remaliah, was the eighteenth king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. He came to the throne by murder, and the man who murdered him took his throne--whether immediately or after a nine-year interregnum is in dispute."@en . "Pekah king of Israel was the king that succeeded Pekahiah king of Israel soon after assassinating him. He was a king who did evil in the sight of the LORD and was king when Tiglath-Pileser III invaded Israel. He was assassinated by Hoshea son of Elah, who proceeded to become king, the last king of Israel."@en . . . . . "Pekah (Hebrew, open-eyed) (r. 759-739 BC according to Ussher, or r. 752-732 BC according to Thiele), son of Remaliah, was the eighteenth king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. He came to the throne by murder, and the man who murdered him took his throne--whether immediately or after a nine-year interregnum is in dispute."@en . .