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  2. Ahaz - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, Ahaz fitted up an astrological observatory with accompanying sacrifices, after the fashion of the ruling people. In other ways Ahaz lowered the character of the national worship. 2 Kings 16:3 records that Ahaz offered his son by fire to Moloch (or made his son pass through fire), a practice condemned by Leviticus 18:21. [8]

  3. Hezekiah - Wikipedia

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    Hezekiah was the son of king Ahaz and Abijah (also called Abi), [7] daughter of the high priest Zechariah. Hezekiah married Hephzibah [ 21 ] and died from natural causes at the age of 54 around 687 BCE and was succeeded by his son Manasseh .

  4. King Hezekiah bulla - Wikipedia

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    The bulla, excavated in 2009–2010 and released in 2015 by Dr. Eilat Mazar, was dated to the reign of Judean king Hezekiah between 716 and 686 BCE and bears an inscription in Paleo-Hebrew script: "Belonging to Hezekiah [son of] Ahaz king of Judah," and a two-winged sun, with wings turned downward, flanked by two ankh symbols symbolizing life.

  5. Maher-shalal-hash-baz - Wikipedia

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    The child Maher-shalal-hash-baz is the second prophetic-name child after the birth of Immanuel – traditionally [according to whom?] understood as the son of Abi the bride of king Ahaz, i.e., the future king Hezekiah, by many Jewish commentators [which?], or of another woman.

  6. Isaiah 7:14 - Wikipedia

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    They present the 8th century King Ahaz (reigned c. 732–716 BC) as a faithless monarch who rejects God's promise of protection for his dynasty and city, but the purpose of the original 8th century narrative was to dissuade Ahaz's son, Hezekiah, from entering into alliance with other kingdoms to oppose the Assyrian Empire, the regional hegemon ...

  7. Pekah - Wikipedia

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    Ahaz, however, knowing that Tiglath-pileser was within call, appealed to him for help. [7] Ahaz's "dread" of Rezin and Pekah, "Son of Remaliah" is recorded in the Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah 7:14 where the birth of a son (possibly Hezekiah [ 9 ] ) is a sign of the defeat of both kings by the King of Assyria before the child is old enough to eat ...

  8. Jotham - Wikipedia

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    Jotham or Yotam (Hebrew: יוֹתָם, Modern: Yōtam, Tiberian: Yōṯām; Greek: Ιωαθαμ, romanized: Ioatham; Latin: Joatham) [1] was the eleventh king of Judah, and son of Uzziah and Jerusha, daughter of Zadok. Jotham was 25 years old when he began his reign, and he reigned for 16 years. [2]

  9. Ahaziah of Judah - Wikipedia

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    Ahaziah was the youngest son of king Jehoram of Judah. According to 2 Chronicles 21:16–17, his older brothers had been carried off in a Philistine and Arab raid.. Under the influence of his mother Athaliah, Ahaziah introduced forms of worship that offended the Yahwistic party.