Ahaziah

• Reign of Ahaziahc. 898 BC

Ahaziah

Father

Ahab

Mother

Jezebel

Siblings

Athaliah· Joash· Joram

• אֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ·Ahaziah

Includes 9 verses that refer to Ahaziah without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 1 Kings 22:40
   And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
2. 1 Kings 22:49
   At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
3. 1 Kings 22:51
   In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
4. 1 Kings 22:52Referred to, not named
   And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
5. 1 Kings 22:53Referred to, not named
   Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
6. 2 Kings 1:2
   Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
7. 2 Kings 1:5Referred to, not named
   When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
8. 2 Kings 1:6Referred to, not named
   They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
9. 2 Kings 1:7Referred to, not named
   The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
10. 2 Kings 1:8Referred to, not named
    “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
11. 2 Kings 1:9Referred to, not named
    Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
12. 2 Kings 1:11Referred to, not named
    So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
13. 2 Kings 1:13Referred to, not named
    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
14. 2 Kings 1:18
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
15. 2 Chronicles 20:35
    Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
16. 2 Chronicles 20:37
    Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.