How to Pronounce Ahaz
AY-haz
Ahaz is pronounced AY-haz (ˈeɪhæz): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Ahaz mean?
Ahaz means “one that takes or possesses”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was 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).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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