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)”
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After a reign of two years Ahaziah was succeeded by Joram.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
He was succeeded by his son Ahaziah, who acknowledged the suzerainty of Damascus.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
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 Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
After this, when he joined himself with Ahaziah, who did very wickedly, the Lord brake his works, 2 Chron. xx.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
And the house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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