Search results
Nov 29, 2023 · Ahaz was the king of Judah. He became king at twenty and he reigned for sixteen years. If you want to read the full story about his life and his rule, you can find it in 2 Kings 16 and 2 Chronicles 28. Who Was King Before Ahaz Took the Throne? Before Ahaz became king, four
Dec 15, 2023 · Joel Ryan. Contributing Writer. Updated December 15, 2023. King Ahaz was the twelfth king of the southern kingdom of Judah. Although his father had served God faithfully, Ahaz did not do what was right in God’s sight. He was widely regarded as an ungodly, wicked king.
People also ask
How old was Ahaz when he became a king of Judah?
Where is King Ahaz mentioned in the Bible?
When did King Ahaz become king?
What is the story of Ahaz in the Bible?
Aug 29, 2023 · King Ahaz, son of King Jotham of Judah, became king at the age of 20 and ruled for 16 years, from 735 to 715 BC. During his time as king, prophets Isaiah and Micah were active, and Isaiah had notable interactions with Ahaz, as detailed in Scriptures such as Isaiah 7:1–17.
This involved worship of the heavenly bodies (stars and planets), child sacrifice and consulting with wizards and necromancers ( 2 Chron 28:22-25; Isa 8:19 ). His name is connected with heathen abomination (sun worship) which survived until the times of Josiah nearly a cent. later ( 2 Kings 23:11 ).
- A Worrisome Time
- “Ask A Sign”
- Ahaz Seeks Other Protection
- Ahaz Worships A Defeated People’s Gods
- A Puzzle
The nation of Judah had been led by evil kings for many years. As a result, it was not a strong nation even before King Ahaz. But under his rule, “the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz, … for he had encouraged moral decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful to the LORD” (2 Chronicles 28:19). So when Syria and Israel threatened the n...
“If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established,” Isaiah told King Ahaz—and all of the people of Judah (verse 9). Perhaps Isaiah could have said it another way: “If you believe what God says, you will surely be established!” And then God made Ahaz an incredible offer: “Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; ask it either in t...
But Ahaz refused to believe God. And so God delivered the nation into the hands of Syria and Israel. A number of people were killed—2 Chronicles 28:6 says that 120,000 were killed in one day “because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.” The Syrians took many people captive, and so did the Israelites. But God was not pleased with this, ...
While Ahaz was in Damascus, he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus. The Bible quotes him as saying, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me” (2 Chronicles 28:23). Is this just something that happened thousands of years ago? No, people today try to do what God warned against here.Now wait a se...
Yes, it’s a puzzle why King Ahaz would reject a direct invitation from God to prove that He was real and trustworthy—and instead worship false gods, gods that were not real, that had not been able to take care of those who worshipped them. But it didn’t surprise God. Long before the time of Ahaz, He recognized this illogical tendency to adopt the w...
Feb 14, 2020 · Scripture records: Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done, but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel.
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
