Ahaz

Ahaz ( Hebrew אחז, Assyrian Jauhazi, also Achaz ) was king of the southern kingdom of Judah (735–715 BC), successor of his father Jotam and predecessor of his son Hezekiah .

In the first years of his reign, Ahaz was co-regent of his grandfather Azariah (Uziah), after his death around 740 BC. He became king himself. 733 BC The Syrian-Ephraimitic war broke out in which Rezin of Aram (Damascus) and Pekach of Israel ( 2 Kings 16.5 EU ) tried to make the Assyrian-hostile Aramean Ben Tabeal king of Judah ( Isa 7,6 EU ), after trying in vain to force Ahaz into the anti-Assyrian coalition. But according to the Bible, Ahaz bribed ( 2 Kings 16.8 EU) the Assyrian King Tiglat-Pileser III. with treasures from the Jerusalem temple ( 2 Kings 16.8 EU ); ( 2 Chr 28.21 EU ), special taxes of the elites ( 2 Chr 28.21 EU ) and his own property ( 2 Kings 16.8 EU ), so that it went against Damascus, captured it and killed Rezin. As a result, Ahaz became an Assyrian vassal and had changes made in the Temple of Jerusalem for the Assyrians' sake ( 2 Kings 16 : 15-18 EU ).

The term Ahazites is derived from the subordination of religion to the state there.

literature

J. Frederic McCurdy, Kaufmann Kohler: Ahaz, King of Judah (735-719 BC). In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
Antonius HJ Gunneweg : History of Israel up to Bar Kochba (= Theological Science, Volume 2). Fifth, revised and supplemented edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart a. a. 1984, ISBN 3-17-008601-4 , p. 113 f.

Individual evidence

↑ “Probably the vassals on the southern periphery of the Assyrian hegemonic area - Aram-Damascus, Israel, Tire, Ascalon, perhaps others too - took Tiglath Pileser's three-year engagement in the media and Urar ׅ tu (737-735 […]) as an opportunity to stop their tributes . The driving force of the rebellion was Raźyān [Biblical Rezin] from Aram-Damascus […]. As part of the preparations for the expected military reaction of the Assyrians, the so-called 'Syrian-Ephraimite War', in which, according to the usual interpretation, Raźyān of Aram and Pekah [Pekach] of Israel attempted to get Judah to join the anti-Assyrian war, probably belongs Coalition to force. “M. Weippert: Historical text book on the Old Testament . In: H. Spiekermann, RG Kratz (Ed.): Grundrisse zum Alten Testament, Volume 10, Göttingen 2010, p. 286.

predecessor	Office	successor
Iotam	King of Judah 736–725 BC Chr.	Hezekiah

personal data
SURNAME	Ahaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Judah
DATE OF BIRTH	760 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	725 BC Chr.

[1] “Probably the vassals on the southern periphery of the Assyrian hegemonic area - Aram-Damascus, Israel, Tire, Ascalon, perhaps others too - took Tiglath Pileser's three-year engagement in the media and Urar ׅ tu (737-735 […]) as an opportunity to stop their tributes . The driving force of the rebellion was Raźyān [Biblical Rezin] from Aram-Damascus […]. As part of the preparations for the expected military reaction of the Assyrians, the so-called 'Syrian-Ephraimite War', in which, according to the usual interpretation, Raźyān of Aram and Pekah [Pekach] of Israel attempted to get Judah to join the anti-Assyrian war, probably belongs Coalition to force. “M. Weippert: Historical text book on the Old Testament . In: H. Spiekermann, RG Kratz (Ed.): Grundrisse zum Alten Testament, Volume 10, Göttingen 2010, p. 286.