Difference between revisions of "Ahaz"

<p> '''Ahaz''' (''Â'K'' ''Ăz'' ), ''Seizer'' or [[Possessor]] . 1. The eleventh king of Judah; he was contemporary with the prophets Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah. He reigned 16 years. If, as it is stated in &nbsp;2 Kings 16:2, A. V., Ahaz was 20 years old when he ascended the throne, he must have been the father of Hezekiah when eleven years of age. &nbsp;2 Kings 18:2. Here, however, the [[Septuagint]] and the [[Syriac]] read "twenty-five years old." &nbsp;2 Chronicles 28:1. He was distinguished for his idolatry and contempt of the true God; and against him many of the prophecies of Isaiah are directed. He died b.c. 726; and such was his impiety, that he was not allowed burial in the sepulchre of the kings. &nbsp;2 Kings 16:1-2; &nbsp;2 Kings 16:20; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 28:1-27; &nbsp;Isaiah 7:1; &nbsp;Isaiah 25:2. A descendant of Jonathan. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:35; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:42. </p>