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- The prophet was Isaiah, and the king who seemed destined to lose his kingship was Ahaz, ruler of Judah.
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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. However, William F. Albright has dated his reign to 744–728 BC.
- 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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Isaiah's Prophecies. 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.
Dec 15, 2023 · He was widely regarded as an ungodly, wicked king. And yet, despite the depravity that pervaded Ahaz’s life, God eventually spoke to King Ahaz through the prophet Isaiah, delivering one of the most important prophecies regarding the promised Messiah, the true king of Israel.
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.
Feb 14, 2020 · February 14, 2020February 15, 2024 Bryan Windle. King Ahaz: An Archaeological Biography. It has been noted by various scholars, that during the divided monarchy, the kings of Judah are generally righteous while the kings of Israel are generally wicked.
2 Kings 16-20. New International Version. Ahaz King of Judah. 16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
