Ahaz

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ahaz
     possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42).
     
       (2.) 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 Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ahaz, one that takes or possesses