Ahaz
saidundated
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son.
— 2 kings 16,7 (NKJV).
Ahaz
King of Judah
- Fame54.2
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Lived -763–-727, aged 36
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Updated 2026-06-09
Twelfth king of Judah, reigning in the 8th century BC, marked in scripture as evil and remembered now mostly for his place in the genealogy of Jesus.
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Son and successor of Jotham, Ahaz took the throne at 20 and ruled for 16 years — the dates remain disputed, with estimates placing his reign around 744–728 BC or 732–716 BC, possibly beginning as co-regent with his father. The Second Book of Kings portrays him harshly. Isaiah references him twice, in chapters 7 and 14. The Gospel of Matthew includes him in the lineage tracing back to Jesus, preserving his name in the genealogical record where otherwise it might have faded entirely.
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Ahaz
saidundated
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
— 2 Kings 16,8-11 (NKJV).
Ahaz
saidundated
Also Tiglath-Pileser[a] king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.
— 2 Chronicle 28,20-22 (NKJV).
Ahaz
saidundated
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
— 2 Kings 16,1-5 (NKJV).
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