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Beyond the fact that the king of Israel is also named “Jehoram” as Ahaziah's father was, the text calls the king of Judah “Azariah”! This person cannot be a different king of Judah because no other sons of Jehoram remained alive. This king obviously has three names: Jehoahaz, Ahaziah, and Azariah. And the confusion continues!
Jehoahaz. Jehoahaz II of Israel ( Hebrew: יְהוֹאָחָז Yəhō’āḥāz, meaning " Yahweh has held"; Latin: Joachaz) was the eleventh king of Israel and the son of Jehu ( 2 Kings 10:35; 13:1). He reigned for seventeen years.
Jehovah his sustainer, or he whom Jehovah holdeth. (1.) The youngest son of Jehoram, king of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 21:17; 22:1, 6, 8, 9); usually Ahaziah (q.v.). (2.) The son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel ( 2 Kings 10:35 ). He reigned seventeen years, and followed the evil ways of the house of Jeroboam.
Jehoahaz ben Josiah ,also known as Shallum, a son of Josiah king of Judah, chosen to succeed his father in the summer of 609 b.c., but deposed by Pharaoh Necho three months later ( 2 Kings 23:30-34; 2 Chron 36:1-4 ). For the date see Josiah. Shallum was a shortened form of Shelemiah, cf. Shelomo (Solomon). Albright considers it a personal name ...
Ahaziah, king of Judah. Ahaziah reigned for one year (843-842 BC) as the king of Judah when he was 22 years old. He was the son of Jehoram. His mother, Athaliah, was King Ahab's daughter. He had many of the same failings as did King Ahab, and his mother encouraged him in doing wrong. He made an alliance with King Jehoram of Israel (son of Ahab).
2 Chronicles 21:17. And his sons also, and his wives — Whom they slew, all except Ahaziah and Athaliah, who possibly were hid in some secret place. So that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz — Who is also called Ahaziah, a name of the same signification with Jehoahaz, and, by a small alteration of the letters, Azariah, (2 Chronicles 22:6,) the meaning of which word is akin to ...
Ahaziah. 1. Son and successor of Ahab, king of Israel, 1 Kings 22:51 2 Kings 1:1-18. He reigned two years, alone and with his father, who associated him in the kingdom the year before his death, B. C. 894. Ahaziah imitated Ahab's impiety, and worshipped Baal and Astarte, whose rites had been introduced into Israel by Jezebel his mother.
