Ahaziah of Israel

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Not to be confused with Ahaziah of Judah.
Ahaziah
Jezebel

Ahaziah (

E. R. Thiele offers the dates 853–852 BC.[1]

The author of the

Nebat".[2] Biblical commentator Albert Barnes notes that the phrase "in the way of his mother" does not occur anywhere else in the Hebrew Bible, and demonstrates the strong feeling of the writer of the Books of Kings as to the influence of Jezebel.[3]

Reign

Ahaziah lies on his sickbed after his fall. Elijah enters and prophesises his death (Henry Pierce Bone)

During his reign the

Mesha stele, an extensive inscription written in the Moabite language
.

Ahaziah formed a business partnership with Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, in order to construct a fleet of trading ships. However, because Jehoshaphat had made an alliance with Ahaziah (who was doing the same evil as Ahab and Jezebel, his father and mother, in the kingdom of Israel) the ships were wrecked and never set sail.[4]

His messengers, sent to consult Baal-Zebub (the god of prophecy in Ekron) regarding his recovery from the effects of a fall from the roof-gallery of his palace, were met on the way by Elijah, who sent them back to tell the king that, for his deeds and for seeking a god that was not the God of Israel, he would never rise from his bed (1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 1:18). According to the Second Book of Kings, he did not recover from his injuries and died.

Having no son, Ahaziah was succeeded as king of Israel by Joram,[5] his younger brother.

Ancestors

These are ancestors of Ahaziah according to the Bible.

Omri of Israel
Ahab of Israel
Ahaziah of Israel
Ithobaal I of Sidon
Jezebel of Tyre

References

  1. ISBN 0-8254-3825-X
    , 9780825438257
  2. ^ 1 Kings 22:52
  3. ^ Barnes' Notes on 1 Kings 22, accessed 7 November 2017
  4. ^ 2 Chronicles 20:35-37
  5. ^ 2 Kings 1:17

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Ahaziah".

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Ahaziah". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

Ahaziah of Israel
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Israel
853–852 BCE 		Succeeded by
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