Ahaz

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Ahaz is mentioned in the genealogy of Saul, the first king of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Micah and the father of Jehoadah (also known as Jarah). Ahaz is listed among the descendants of Jonathan, Saul's son. No further details about his life or role are provided in the biblical text. (1 Chronicles 8:35; 9.42).

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Ahaz, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42).

(2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and idolatry. Notwithstanding the remonstrances and warnings of Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah, he appealed for help against Rezin, king of Damascus, and Pekah, king of Israel, who threatened Jerusalem, to Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria, to the great injury of his kingdom and his own humilating subjection to the Assyrians (2 Kings 16:7, 9; 15:29). He also introduced among his people many heathen and idolatrous customs (Isa. 8:19; 38:8; 2 Kings 23:12). He died at the age of thirty-five years, after reigning sixteen years (B.C. 740-724), and was succeeded by his son Hezekiah. Because of his wickedness he was “not brought into the sepulchre of the kings.”

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.