Pekahiah

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Pekahiah
     the Lord opened his eyes, the son and successor of Menahem on
     the throne of Israel. He was murdered in the royal palace of
     Samaria by Pekah, one of the captains of his army (2 Kings
     15:23-26), after a reign of two years (B.C. 761-759). He "did
     that which was evil in the sight of the Lord."


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Pekahiah, it is the Lord that opens