Difference between revisions of "Ahaz"
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69499" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69499" /> == | ||
<p> | <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 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. 2 Kings 18:2. Here, however, the [[Septuagint]] and the [[Syriac]] read "twenty-five years old." 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. 2 Kings 16:1-2; 2 Kings 16:20; 2 Chronicles 28:1-27; Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 25:2. [[A]] descendant of Jonathan. 1 Chronicles 8:35; 1 Chronicles 9:42. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15315" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15315" /> == |