See also:AHAZ (Heb. for "[Yahweh] holds ")
, son of Jotham, See also:grand-son of See also:Uzziah or See also:Azariah and See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Judah
.
After the See also:death of See also:Menahem, Pekah, king of See also:Israel, and Rezin (rather Rasun), king of See also:Syria, allied against See also:Assyria, invaded Judah, and laid See also:siege to See also:Jerusalem in the See also:hope of setting up one of their puppets upon the. See also:throne
.
At the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the Edomites recovered Elath on the Gulf of Akabah (so read in 2 See also:Kings xvi
.
6; cp. also 2 Chron. See also:xxviii
.
16 sqq.) and Judah was isolated
.
Notwithstanding the counsel of See also:Isaiah (Is. vii
.
I-17), See also:Ahaz lost See also:heart and used the See also:temple funds to See also:call in the aid of Tiglath-pileser IV., who after attacking the See also:Philistines destroyed the See also:power of Syria, taking care to exact heavy See also:tribute from Judah, which led to further despoliation of the temple
.
It was as a See also:vassal that Ahaz presented himself to the See also:Assyrian king at See also:Damascus, and he brought back religious innovations (2 Kings xvi. to sqq.; for the See also:priest Urijah see Is. viii
.
2) and new ideas to which he proceeded to give effect
.
His buildings are referred to in 2 Kings xx
.
I1, See also:xxiii
.
12; cf. perhaps Jer. xxii
.
15: " See also:art See also:thou a true king because thou viest with Ahaz " (see the LXX.)
.
Ahaz was succeeded by his son See also:Hezekiah
.
On the See also:ritual changes which he introduced see W
.
R
.
See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, Relig. of Semites (2), pp
.
485 sqq
.
;.and on his reign, idem, Prophets of Israel (2), pp
.
415 sqq
.
On 2 Kings xvi
.
3 (cf
.
2 Chron. xxviii
.
3) see See also:MOLOCH
.
See further IsAIAH and See also:JEWS
.
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