A captain of his - A mere “captain,” a person, therefore, of very moderate rank. The low birth of Pekah is probably alluded to in Isaiah’s f…

THE REIGN OF PEKAHIAH
(Hebrew, Pĕkahyâh).

(23) In the fiftieth year. —The forty-ninth, if ve…

But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his
The word signifies a "third" man, the third to the king, as some thi…

This history shows Israel in confusion. Though Judah was not without troubles, yet that kingdom was happy compared with the state of Israel. The im…