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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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
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
The house of Ahaziah had not power to keep still the kingdom, 2 Chron. xxii.
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 Shields, Alexander
Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah; see 2 K. 8, 25 and Chr.
From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Greenleaf, Simon
In Israel, too, there had been changes, Ahab having been succeeded by Ahaziah, who, after a reign of one year, was succeeded by Jehoram.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
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