Ahaz
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Ahaz
From Late Latin Achaz, from Greek Áchaz, from Hebrew Āḥāz, probably a shortening of Yəhōʾāḥāz “God grasps the hand”
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Among the subject-princes who attended it was Ahaz of Judah.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
This may be coupled with another enormous fiction, the dial of Ahaz, upon which, by a bolder manoeuvre still, the sun is commanded to go backwards.
From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Logan Mitchell
From the Second Book of Kings we learn that Ahaz was the first king who committed this atrocity.
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Arno C. Gaebelein
All this too within the time promised Ahaz, according to Isaiah.
From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by George Reber
In his extremity, therefore, Ahaz appealed to the Assyrian monarch, who was already seeking an excuse for crushing Damascus, and reducing the Jewish kingdom, with its important fortress of Jerusalem, to a condition of vassalage.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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