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<p> 1. Son and successor of Ahab, king of Israel, &nbsp;1 Kings 22:51 &nbsp; 2 Kings 1:1-18 . He reigned two years, alone and with his father, who associated him in the kingdom the year before his death, [[B. C]]  894. Ahaziah imitated Ahab's impiety, and worshipped Baal and Astarte, whose rites had been introduced into Israel by Jezebel his mother. During his reign the [[Moabites]] revolted. Having joined the king Jehoshaphat in a commercial enterprise on the Red Sea, his impiety blasted the whole. After a fall from the gallery of his house, he sent to consult a god of the [[Philistines]] as to his recovery. Elijah the prophet foretold his speedy death-first to the messengers, and again to Ahaziah himself, after two companies of fifty had been consumed by fire from heaven. </p> <p> 2. Otherwise Jehoahaz, or Azariah, king of Judah, son of Jehoram and Athaliah; he succeeded his father [[B. C]]  881,&nbsp;2 Kings 8:25 &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 22:2 . He was twenty-two years of age when he ascended the throne, and reigned but one year at Jerusalem. He followed the house of Ahab, to which he was allied by his mother, and did evil. He met his death at the hand of Jehu, while in company with Joram, son of Ahab. </p>

<p> <strong> AHAZIAH </strong> . Two kings of this name are mentioned in the OT, one in each of the Israelite kingdoms. </p> <p> <strong> 1. Ahaziah of Israel </strong> was the son of Ahab, and ruled after him only two years or parts of years. He is said to have been a worshipper of Baal, that is, to have continued the religious policy of his father. By a fall from a window of his palace he was seriously injured, and, after lingering awhile, died from the accident. The Moabites, who had been subject to Israel, took this opportunity to revolt. Ahaziah is accused of sending messengers to inquire of the celebrated oracle at Ekron, and is said unexpectedly to have received his answer from Elijah (&nbsp; 2 Kings 1:1-18 ). </p> <p> <strong> 2 </strong> . Ahaziah of Judah was son of Jehoram and grandson of Jehoshaphat. Under the influence of his mother, who was a daughter of Ahah and Jezehel, it is not surprising to read that he walked in the ways of Ahab. All that we know of him is that he continued the league with Israel, and that, going to visit his uncle Jehoram in Jezreel, he was involved in his fate at the revolt of Jehu (&nbsp; 2 Kings 9:27 ). </p> <p> [[H. P]]  Smith. </p>