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<p> '''Jehoahaz''' (''je-hô'a-h'' ''ăz'' ), ''whom [[Jehovah]] holds.'' 1. Son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel for 17 years, b.c. 856-840. See &nbsp;2 Kings 13:1-9. His reign was disastrous to the Kingdom. The kings of Syria, Hazael and Benhadad, oppressed and spoiled the country. When his troubles multiplied he sought the Lord, whom he had forsaken, and God ultimately raised up a deliverer in the person of Jehoash, his son. &nbsp;2 Kings 5:25. 2. Son and successor of Josiah, king of Judah, &nbsp;2 Kings 23:30; called Shallum, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:15; &nbsp;Jeremiah 22:11. Though he was the fourth son, yet the ''people'' chose him king. He was an evil-doer, &nbsp;2 Kings 23:32, and referred to as a young lion by &nbsp;Ezekiel 19:3. He reigned only three months, b.c. 610. Pharaoh-necho sent him a prisoner loaded with chains into Egypt, and there he died, &nbsp;Jeremiah 22:11-12, and his brother Jehoiakim became king in his stead. &nbsp;2 Kings 23:30; &nbsp;2 Kings 23:35. 3. The same with Ahaziah and Azariah. Compare &nbsp;2 Chronicles 21:17; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 22:1; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 22:6; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 22:8-9. </p>

<p> '''Jeho'ahaz.''' ''(whom the Lord sustains).'' </p> <p> 1. The son and successor of Jehu, reigned 17 years, [[B.C.]] 856-840, over Israel in Samaria. His inglorious history is given in &nbsp;2 Kings 13:1-9. Throughout his reign, &nbsp;2 Kings 13:22, he was kept in subjection by Hazael, king of Damascus. Jehoahaz maintained the idolatry of Jeroboam; but in the extremity of his humiliation, he besought '''Jehovah''' , and '''Jehovah''' gave Israel a deliverer - probably either Jehoash, &nbsp;2 Kings 13:23 and &nbsp;2 Kings 13:25, or Jeroboam [[Ii,]] &nbsp;2 Kings 14:24-25. </p> <p> 2. Jehoahaz, otherwise called '''Shallum''' , son of Josiah, whom he succeeded as king of Judah. He was chosen by the people, in preference to his elder brother, compare &nbsp;2 Kings 23:31 and &nbsp;2 Kings 23:36, [[B.C.]] 610, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Pharaoh-necho sent to Jerusalem to depose him, and to fetch him to Riblah. There he was cast into chains, and from thence, he was taken into Egypt, where he died. </p> <p> 3. The name given, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 21:17, to Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king of Judah. </p>