Jehoahaz
Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, was king of Israel and reigned for seventeen years.
The name Jehoahaz means “possession of the Lord”
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Summary
A king of Northern Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2 Kings 10:35; referred to as Jehoahaz (יְהוֹאָחָז) or Joahaz (יוֹאָחָז); a son of Jehu; father of Joash.
Events
Dates are approximate
- Reign of Jehoahazc. 857 BC
- Death of Jehoahazc. 840 BC
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Alternative names
- יְהוֹאָחָזJehoahaz
- יוֹאָחָזJoahazmeans “apprehending; possessing; seeing”
Mentions
Includes 1 verse that refer to Jehoahaz without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- 2 Kings 10:35יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazAnd Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 13:1יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazIn the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years.
- 2 Kings 13:2Referred to, not namedAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
- 2 Kings 13:4יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazThen Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
- 2 Kings 13:7יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazJehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
- 2 Kings 13:8יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazAs for the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 13:9יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazAnd Jehoahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. And his son Jehoash reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 13:10יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazIn the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Joash over Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.
- 2 Kings 13:22יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazAnd Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
- 2 Kings 13:25יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazThen Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.
- 2 Kings 14:1יוֹאָחָז · JoahazIn the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 14:8יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazThen Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
- 2 Kings 14:17יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazAmaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 25:17יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazThen Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
- 2 Chronicles 25:25יְהוֹאָחָז · JehoahazAmaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.