Ahaziah
Americannoun
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a son of Ahab and his successor as king of Israel, reigned 853?–852? b.c.
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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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Here we may discover the falsity of the statement; for if any punishment was to follow in sending for the prophet, ought not Ahaziah to have been the victim?
From A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion by Offen, Benjamin
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships."
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
Hence also we find Ahaziah the King of Israel sent to Baalzebub the God of Ekron, to enquire whether he should live or die?
From The History of the Devil As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts by Defoe, Daniel
And Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah."
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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