entered upon the siege of Jerusalem, B.C. 742. The history of the war is found in 2Kin 13 and 2Chr
- It is famous as the occasion of the great prophecies in Isai 7-9. Its chief result was the Jewish
port of Elath on the Red Sea; but the unnatural alliance of Damascus and Samaria was punished
through the complete overthrow of the ferocious confederates by Tiglath-pileser. The kingdom of
Damascus. was finally suppressed and Rezin put to death while Pekah was deprived of at least half
his kingdom, including all the northern portion and the whole district to the east of Jordan. Pekah
himself, now fallen into the position of an Assyrian vassal was of course compelled to abstain from
further attacks on Judah. Whether his continued tyranny exhausted the patience of his subjects, or
whether his weakness emboldened them to attack him, is not known; but, from one or the other
cause, Hoshea the son of Elah conspired against him and put him to death.
Pekahiah
(whose eyes Jehovah opened), son and successor of Menahem was the 17th king of the separate
kingdom of Israel, B.C. 759-757. After a brief reign of scarcely two years a conspiracy was organized
against him by Pekah, who murdered him and seized the throne.
Pekod
(visitation), an appellative applied to the Chaldeans. (Jeremiah 50:21; Ezekiel 23:23) Authorities
are undecided as to the meaning of the term.
Pelaiah
(distinguished by Jehovah).
•A son of Elioenai, of the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:24) (B.C. after 400.)
•One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in expounding the law, (Nehemiah 8:7) He afterward sealed
the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:10) (B.C.445.)
Pelaliah
(judged by Jehovah), the son of Amzi and ancestor of Adaiah. (Nehemiah 11:12)
Pelatiah
(delivered by Jehovah).
•Son of Hananiah the son of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21) (B.C. after 536.)
•One of the captains of the marauding band of Simeonites who in the reign of Hezekiah made an
expedition to Mount Seir and smote the Amalekites. (1 Chronicles 4:42) (B.C. about 700.)
•One of the heads of the people, and probably the name of a family who sealed the covenant with
Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:22) (B.C. about 440.)
•The son of Benaiah. and one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to
utter the words of doom recorded in (Ezekiel 11:5-12) (B.C. about 592.)
Peleg
(division, part), son of Eber and brother of Joktan. (Genesis 10:25; 11:16) The only incident
connected with his history is the statement that “in his days was the earth divided.” an event
embodied in the meaning of his name—“division.” The reference is to a division of the family of
Eber himself, the younger branch of which (the Joktanids) migrated into southern Arabia, while
the elder remained in Mesopotamia.
Pelet
(liberation),
•A son of Jahdai in an obscure genealogy. (1 Chronicles 2:47)
•The son of Azmaveth, that is, either a native of the place of that name or the son of one of David’s
heroes. (1 Chronicles 12:3) (B.C. about 1015.)