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Ahaziah

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[ey-uh-zahy-uh, ey-ha-] / ˌeɪ əˈzaɪ ə, ˌeɪ hæ- /

noun

Bible.
  1. a son of Ahab and his successor as king of Israel, reigned 853?–852? b.c.

  2. a king of Judah, 846? b.c.


Etymology

Origin of Ahaziah

From Hebrew Aḥazyāh, Aḥazyāhū “God grasps (the hand)”

Example Sentences

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His son Ahaziah, who succeeded him, joined forces with his cousin and overlord, King Joram of Israel, to assist him in capturing Ramoth-gilead from the king of Damascus.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

So when Ahaziah sent a captain and fifty men to bring Elijah into the king’s presence, they found him sitting on the top of a hill and commanded him to come down. 

From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Wild, Joseph

But Ahaziah was not killed at Jezreel: compare 2 Kings ix.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Only this young prince was preserved by Jehosheba, the sister of Ahaziah, and wife to Jehoiada, the high priest, being hid with her in the house of the Lord, all that time.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James

In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

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