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2 Kings 15:38 אָחָ֥ז Ahaz

And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

2 Kings 16:1 אָחָ֥ז Ahaz

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

2 Kings 16:2 אָחָ֣ז Ahaz

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

2 Kings 16:5 אָחָ֔ז Ahaz

Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

2 Kings 16:7 אָחָ֜ז Ahaz

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”

Here: King of Judah. The name means 'he has grasped'. It is a short form of Jehoahaz, 'YHWH has grasped', which is how Assyrian records give his name (Ia-ú-ḫa-zi). Kings only ever uses the short form, without the divine name.

2 Kings 16:8 אָחָ֜ז Ahaz

Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 16:10 אָחָ֡ז אָחָ֜ז Ahaz

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.

2 Kings 16:11 אָחָ֜ז אָחָ֖ז Ahaz

And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it before King Ahaz returned.

2 Kings 16:15 אָ֠חָז Ahaz

Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”

2 Kings 16:16 אָחָֽז׃ Ahaz

So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.

2 Kings 16:17 אָחָ֜ז Ahaz

King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.

2 Kings 16:19 אָחָ֖ז Ahaz

As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2 Kings 16:20 אָחָז֙ Ahaz

And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

2 Kings 17:1 לְאָחָ֖ז of Ahaz

In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.

2 Kings 18:1 אָחָ֖ז Ahaz

In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

2 Kings 20:11 אָחָ֛ז Ahaz

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

2 Kings 23:12 אָחָ֜ז Ahaz

He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

1 Chronicles 3:13 אָחָ֥ז Ahaz

Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

1 Chronicles 8:35 וְאָחָֽז׃ and Ahaz

The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

1 Chronicles 8:36 וְאָחָז֙ and Ahaz

Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.

1 Chronicles 9:42 וְאָחָז֙ and Ahaz

Ahaz was the father of Jarah; Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

2 Chronicles 27:9 אָחָ֥ז Ahaz

And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 28:1 אָחָ֣ז Ahaz

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:16 אָחָ֛ז Ahaz

At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 28:19 אָחָ֣ז Ahaz

For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:21 אָחָז֙ Ahaz

Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

2 Chronicles 28:22 אָחָֽז׃ Ahaz

In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

Here: The name comes last, as a verdict: this is who Ahaz was. An Assyrian inscription gives his fuller name, Yauḫazi (Jehoahaz, 'Yahweh has grasped'). The text makes no pun on it, though.

2 Chronicles 28:24 אָחָ֜ז Ahaz

Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 28:27 אָחָ֜ז Ahaz

And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 29:19 אָחָ֧ז Ahaz

Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”

Isaiah 1:1 אָחָ֥ז Ahaz

This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Here: Jotham's son, the king Isaiah confronts in chapter 7. Ahaz turned to Assyria for help instead of trusting YHWH. His name is probably a shortened form of Jehoahaz; an Assyrian tribute list calls him 'Yauhazi of Judah'.

Isaiah 7:1 אָ֠חָז Ahaz

Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

Here: King of Judah. The name means '(He) has grasped' and is a shortened form of Jehoahaz ('the LORD has grasped'), the form found in Assyrian records (Iauḫazi).

Isaiah 7:3 אָחָ֔ז Ahaz

Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

Isaiah 7:10 אָחָ֖ז Ahaz

Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying,

Isaiah 7:12 אָחָ֑ז Ahaz

But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”

Isaiah 14:28 אָחָ֑ז Ahaz

In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:

Isaiah 38:8 אָחָ֥ז Ahaz

I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.

Hosea 1:1 אָחָ֥ז Ahaz

This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

Here: King of Judah (around 735–715 BC). He made Judah a vassal of Assyria during the Syro-Ephraimite crisis (2 Kgs 16; Isa 7). The name means 'he has grasped'.

Micah 1:1 אָחָ֥ז Ahaz

This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

Here: King of Judah, around 735–715 BC. He submitted to Assyria (2 Kings 16). The name means 'he has grasped', a short form of Jehoahaz. Assyrian records call him Yau-hazi.