Ahaz
[Ä€’hăz] – jehovah hath seized or sustains.
1. A Benjamite of the family of Saul (1 Chron. 8:35, 36; 1 Chron. 9:41, 42).
2. The son of Jotham, king of Judah and father of Hezekiah, Ahaz became the eleventh king of Judah and reigned for sixteen years (2 Kings 16). He is called Achaz in Matthew 1:9. An Assyrian inscription gives the name of the king as Jehoahaz. But the abbreviation Ahaz was commonly used and was found on the seal ring of one of his courtiers. Perhaps the consistent omission of the first part of the name Jeho, meaning “Jehovah” was deliberate because of the abhorrent apostasy of Ahaz.
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All the Men of the Bible
by Herbert Lockyer
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