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Ahaz (Hebrew: אָחָז, ʼĀḥāz, "has held"; Greek: Ἄχαζ, Ἀχάζ Akhaz; Latin: Achaz) an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II (of Judah), "Yahweh has held" (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָחָז, Modern: Yəhō’aḥaz, Tiberian: Yŏhō’āḥāz; Akkadian: 𒅀𒌑𒄩𒍣 Ya'úḫazi [ia-ú-ḫa-zi]) was the twelfth king of Judah, and the son ...
- 732–716 BC
- House of David
Ahaz was a king of Judah (c. 735–720 bc) who became an Assyrian vassal (2 Kings 16; Isaiah 7–8). Ahaz assumed the throne of Judah at the age of 20 or 25. Sometime later his kingdom was invaded by Pekah, king of Israel, and Rezin, king of Syria, in an effort to force him into an alliance with them.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Ahaz was an evil king of Judah who became king at the age of 20 and reigned for 4 years with his father, Jotham, from 735 to 731 BC, and 16 years on his own, from 731 to 715 BC.
Early in his reign the two nearest northern neighbor kingdoms, Israel under Pekah the son of Remaliah and Syria under Rezin of Damascus, formed an alliance bent on conquest of Judah and termination of the reign of the Davidic dynasty by placing a certain “son of Tabeel” ( Isa 7:6) upon the throne.
Nov 29, 2023 · Ahaz was the outlier in the lineage of kings who came before (and after) him. He had no desire to follow God at all. In six generations of kings, starting with Joash and ending with his son Hezekiah, Ahaz was the one who wanted nothing to do with following God.
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Ahaz (Hebrew: אחז, an abbreviation of Jehoahaz, "God has held") was a king of Judah, the son and successor of Jotham, and father of Hezekiah. He assumed the throne at the age of 20, reigning from c. 732 until 716 B.C.E.
King Ahaz. New Influx of Idolatry. Ahaz was twenty years old when he succeeded his father Jotham to the throne of Judea. He was a weak and idolatrous king. He even made his son walk through the fire of Moloch, aping the abominable custom of the Phoenicians. Another son, Hezekiah, who was to become king after Ahaz, was saved from the flames of ...
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