People of the Bible

Ahaz

also called Achaz · 763 BC – 725 BC · Genealogy of Jesus · Tribe of Judah

Family

Born: Jerusalem
Died: Jerusalem

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Reign of Ahaz · 742 BC
Death of Ahaz · 725 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and idolatry. Notwithstanding the remonstrances and warnings of Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah, he appealed for help against Rezin, king of Damascus, and Pekah, king of Israel, who threatened Jerusalem, to Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria, to the great injury of his kingdom and his own humilating subjection to the Assyrians (2 Kings 16:7, 9; 15:29). He also introduced among his people many heathen and idolatrous customs (Isa. 8:19; 38:8; 2 Kings 23:12). He died at the age of thirty-five years, after reigning sixteen years (B.C. 740-724), and was succeeded by his son Hezekiah. Because of his wickedness he was “not brought into the sepulchre of the kings.”

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 37 verses

2 Kings: 15:38, 16:1, 16:2, 16:5, 16:7, 16:8, 16:10, 16:11, 16:15, 16:16, 16:17, 16:19, 16:20, 17:1, 18:1, 20:11, 23:12
1 Chronicles: 3:13
2 Chronicles: 27:9, 28:1, 28:16, 28:19, 28:21, 28:22, 28:24, 28:27, 29:19
Isaiah: 1:1, 7:1, 7:3, 7:10, 7:12, 14:28, 38:8
Hosea: 1:1
Micah: 1:1
Matthew: 1:9

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.