Ahaziah

[ey-uh-zahy-uh, ey-ha-]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ahaziah¹

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

Example Sentences

The following circumstance brought Elijah into direct conflict with the kingdom of Israel, and the then called false prophets:—Ahaziah, then King of Israel and Samaria, met with an accident, and was sick; and he sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub whether he would recover or not Now, Elijah was sent, or, he said he was sent, to say to the messenger, “Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?”

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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?

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Jehu slew Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah at the same time.

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That Ahaziah of Judah and Joram of Israel must have been slain, at the latest, in the year 843 B.C. is a necessary consequence of the fact that Jehu paid tribute to the Assyrians as early as the year 842 B.C.

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As the Hebrew Scriptures, in the chronology of Israel, put Ahaziah with two years, and Joram with twelve years, between Ahab's death and Jehu's accession, four years must be struck out and deducted from the reign of Joram.

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