First name Ahaz in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Ahaz is the name of the King of Judah, son of Jotham (2KI 15:38), as well as name of son of Micah (1CH 8:35). Meaning of the name: one that takes or possesses. Related names are: Judah, Israel, Jerusalem . The translations of Ahaz in 77 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the below, from Ajaz in Spanish to アハズ in Japanese!

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And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. (2KI 15:38)

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. (2KI 16:1)

Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. (2KI 16:2)

Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. (2KI 16:5)

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. (2KI 16:7)

And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. (2KI 16:8)

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. (2KI 16:10)

And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. (2KI 16:11)

And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by. (2KI 16:15)

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. (2KI 16:16)

And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. (2KI 16:17)

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2KI 16:19)

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. (2KI 16:20)

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. (2KI 17:1)

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. (2KI 18:1)

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. (2KI 20:11)

And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. (2KI 23:12)

Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, (1CH 3:13)

And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. (1CH 8:35)

And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, (1CH 8:36)

And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. (1CH 9:41)

And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; (1CH 9:42)

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. (2CH 27:9)

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: (2CH 28:1)

At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. (2CH 28:16)

For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. (2CH 28:19)

For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. (2CH 28:21)

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. (2CH 28:22)

First name Ahaz in the world's Bibles

Popularity of the name Ahaz in its translations around the world

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