Ahaziah (son of Ahab)

Ahaziah (son of Ahab) is a king living at the time of the divided monarchy. He is named in 7 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Kings 22:40.

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Verses

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 22:40
  So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
• 1 Kings 22:49
  Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
• 1 Kings 22:51
  Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.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.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 1:2
  And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.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.”
• 2 Kings 1:18
  Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?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?

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 20:35
  And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
• 2 Chronicles 20:37
  Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.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.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
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