Ahaz

Ahaz (Hebrew אחז, Assyrian Jauhazi, also Ahaz ) was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah ( 735-715 BC ), successor of his father and predecessor, Jotham his son Hezekiah. The first years of his reign was co-regent with Ahaz his grandfather Azariah ( Uzziah ), after his death in 740 BC he was himself king. 733 BC broke out the Syrian- Ephraimite war in which Rezin of Aram (Damascus ) and Pekah of Israel tried to make the assyrerfeindlichen Syrians Ben Tabeal the Judean king. But Ahaz bribed according to the Bible ( 2 Kings 16.8 EU) the Assyrian king Tiglath -pileser III. with treasures from the temple in Jerusalem, so that it moved against Damascus, and took it slew Rezin. As a result, Ahaz was an Assyrian vassal and made in the temple of Jerusalem to make the Assyrians for the sake of change.

From the local subordination of religion to the state, the term Ahasiten derived.

David | Solomon | Rehoboam | Abijah | Asa | Jehoshaphat | Joram | Ahaziah | Athaliah | Joash | Amaziah | Azariah ( Uzziah ) | Jotham | Ahaz | Hezekiah | Manasseh | Amon | Josiah | Jehoahaz | Joakim | Jehoiachin | Zedekiah

  • Man
  • King (Israel )
  • Born in the 8th century BC
  • Died in the 8th century BC
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