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Ahaz was 20 when he became king of Judah and reigned for 16 years. Ahaz is portrayed as an evil king in the Second Book of Kings (2 Kings 16:2). In Edwin R. Thiele's opinion, Ahaz was co-regent with Jotham from 736/735 BC, and his sole reign began in 732/731 and ended in 716/715 BC. [4] However, William F. Albright has dated his reign to 744 ...
Jehoahaz of Israel (815–801 BC or 814–798 BC), eleventh king of Israel and son of Jehu Jehoahaz of Judah (633/632–609 BC), seventeenth king of Judah and son of Josiah (Jehoahaz III of Judah) The youngest son of Jehoram , king of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 21:17; 22:1, 6, 8, 9), more commonly known as Ahaziah (Jehoahaz I of Judah)
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.
[4] His messengers, sent to consult Baal-Zebub (the god of prophecy in Ekron ) regarding his recovery from the effects of a fall from the roof-gallery of his palace, were met on the way by Elijah , who sent them back to tell the king that, for his deeds and for seeking a god that was not the God of Israel, he would never rise from his bed ( 1 ...
2 Kings 13:25 suggests that Jehoahaz's son Joash, who recaptured a number of Israelite cities in three successful battles, could have been the deliverer referred to in 2 Kings 13:5, and the Geneva Study Bible maintains this view, [4] but the Jerusalem Bible [5] and the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges [6] argue that Jeroboam II, Joash's son, was the deliverer, citing 2 Kings 14:27:
According to the Bible , the sack of Damascus was instigated by King Ahaz of Judah and ended in Rezin's execution (2 Kings 16:7–9). The execution of Rezin is neither confirmed nor disconfirmed by independent evidence. [5] According to 2 Kings Rezin allied with Pekah, son of Remaliah, against Ahaz.
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Chapters 1-39 refer mostly to events of the 8th century, [3] but Isaiah 7:1-25 are the product of a 7th century Josianic redaction (i.e., an editing in the reign of King Josiah, c. 640–609 BC). [4] 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 ...