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AHAZ (Heb. for "[Yahweh] holds ")

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 430 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ADA-AIZ
AHAZ (Heb. for "[Yahweh] holds ") , son of Jotham, grand-son of Uzziah or Azariah and king of Judah. After the death of Menahem, Pekah, king of
Israel
 , and Rezin (rather Rasun), king of Syria, allied against Assyria, invaded Judah, and laid siege to Jerusalem in the
hope
  of setting up one of their puppets upon the. throne. At the same time the Edomites recovered Elath on the Gulf of Akabah (so read in 2 Kings xvi. 6; cp. also 2 Chron. xxviii. 16 sqq.) and Judah was isolated. Notwithstanding the counsel of Isaiah (Is. vii. I-17), Ahaz lost heart and used the temple funds to
call
  in the aid of Tiglath-pileser IV., who after attacking the Philistines destroyed the power of Syria, taking care to exact heavy tribute from Judah, which led to further despoliation of the temple. It was as a vassal that Ahaz presented himself to the Assyrian king at Damascus, and he brought back religious innovations (2 Kings xvi. to sqq.; for the priest Urijah see Is. viii. 2) and new ideas to which he proceeded to give effect. His buildings are referred to in 2 Kings xx. I1, xxiii. 12; cf. perhaps Jer. xxii. 15: " art thou a true king because thou viest with Ahaz " (see the LXX.). Ahaz was succeeded by his son Hezekiah.
On the ritual changes which he introduced see W. R.
Smith
 , Relig. of Semites (2), pp. 485 sqq. ;.and on his reign, idem, Prophets of
Israel
  (2), pp. 415 sqq. On 2 Kings xvi. 3 (cf. 2 Chron. xxviii. 3) see MOLOCH. See further IsAIAH and JEWS.


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