Son of Remaliah; kills his master Pekahiah and becomes king of Israel (2 Kgs. 15: 25-32; 2 Kgs. 16: 1); invades Judah with Rezin (2 Kgs. 15: 37; 2 Kgs. 16: 5; 2 Chr. 28: 6; Isa. 7: 1); Israel invaded by Tiglath-pileser; Pekah killed by Hoshea (2 Kgs. 15: 29-30). There is much difficulty in deciding the chronology of Pekah's reign.