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Ahaz
Sign in to savethumb|King Ahaz of Judah, from the Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral#Rose|north rose window of Chartres Cathedral thumb|Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling#Ancestors of Christ|Sistine Chapel ceiling thumb|Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh, by Lucas van Leyden thumb|After the prophet Oded rebukes the Israelite army for its mistreatment of the captives from Judah, the men of Ephraim care for the captives and return them to their kinsfolk at Jericho. (2 Chronicles 28:8–15) Ahaz (; Akhaz; ) an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II (of Judah), "Yahweh has held" (; ''Ya'úḫazi [ia-ú-
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- Ahaz
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- Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé
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- King of Judah
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- 732–716 BC
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- Jotham
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- Jotham
- Royalty.successor
- Hezekiah
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- House of David
- Royalty.spouse
- Abijah
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- Reign
- Destruction of Northern Kingdom
- Religious observance
- Succession
- Rabbinic literature
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- Surviving artifacts
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thumb|King Ahaz of Judah, from the Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral#Rose|north rose window of Chartres Cathedral thumb|Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling#Ancestors of Christ|Sistine Chapel ceiling thumb|Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh, by Lucas van Leyden thumb|After the prophet Oded rebukes the Israelite army for its mistreatment of the captives from Judah, the men of Ephraim care for the captives and return them to their kinsfolk at Jericho. (2 Chronicles 28:8–15) Ahaz (; Akhaz; ) an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II (of Judah), "Yahweh has held" (; ''Ya'úḫazi [ia-ú-ḫa-zi'']) was the twelfth king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham. Ahaz was 20 when he became king of Judah and reigned for 16 years.
Ahaz is portrayed as an evil king in the Second Book of Kings (2 Kings 16:2).