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Jehoahaz

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The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Jehoahaz. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.The youngest son of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Chr.
  2. 2.The son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35).
  3. 3.Josiah’s third son, usually called Shallum (1 Chr.

Jehovah his sustainer, or he whom Jehovah holdeth.

  1. Jehoahaz (1)

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    The youngest son of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Chr. 21:17; 22:1, 6, 8, 9); usually Ahaziah (q.v.).

  2. Jehoahaz (2)

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    The son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35). He reigned seventeen years, and followed the evil ways of the house of Jeroboam. The Syrians, under Hazael and Benhadad, prevailed over him, but were at length driven out of the land by his son Jehoash (13:1-9, 25).

  3. Jehoahaz (3)

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    Josiah’s third son, usually called Shallum (1 Chr. 3:15). He succeeded his father on the throne, and reigned over Judah for three months (2 Kings 23:31, 34). He fell into the idolatrous ways of his predecessors (23:32), was deposed by Pharaoh-Necho from the throne, and carried away prisoner into Egypt, where he died in captivity (23:33, 34; Jer. 22:10-12; 2 Chr. 36:1-4).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(whom the Lord sustains).

The son and successor of jehu, reigned 17 years, B.C. 856-840, over Israel in Samaria. His inglorious history is given in (2 Kings 13:1-9) Throughout his reign, ver. (2 Kings 13:22) he was kept in subjection by Hazael king of Damascus. Jehoahaz maintained the idolatry of Jeroboam; but in the extremity of his humiliation he besought Jehovah, and Jehovah gave Israel a deliverer—probably either Jehoash, vs. (2 Kings 13:23) and 2Kin 13:25 Or Jeroboam II., (2 Kings 14:24,25) Jehoahaz, otherwise called Shallum, son of Josiah, whom he succeeded as king of Judah. He was chosen by the people in preference to his elder (comp. (2 Kings 23:31) and 2Kin 23:36) brother, B.C. 610, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Pharaoh-necho sent to Jerusalem to depose him and to fetch him to Riblah. There he was cast into chains, and from thence he was taken into Egypt, where he died. The name given, (2 Chronicles 21:17) to Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram king of Judah.

In the Bible

23

Verses where Jehoahaz is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 2 Chronicles 21:17

    So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:17

    Then 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 25:23

    There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:25

    Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:1

    Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:2

    Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

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Scripture on Jehoahaz

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Entries that reference Jehoahaz

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Jehoahaz references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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