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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Ahaziah. Every Ahaziah in the Bible

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    Ahaziah

    אֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ

    Ahaziah, son of Ahab, reigned as king of Israel for two years.

    verses
    7
    first named
    1 Kings 22:40
    last named
    2 Chronicles 20:37
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Israel

    Description

    Who was Ahaziah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ahaziah was the son of Ahab and the eighth king of Israel. He reigned for two years in Samaria, doing evil in the sight of the Lord and following the ways of his father and mother, Jezebel. (1Ki.22.51-53)

    During his reign, Ahaziah formed an alliance with Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, to build ships to go to Tarshish. However, the ships were wrecked, and the venture failed. (1Ki.22.48-49; 2Ch.20.35-37).

    Ahaziah suffered a severe injury when he fell through the lattice of his upper room. He sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, about his recovery. The prophet Elijah confronted the messengers and prophesied that Ahaziah would die due to his idolatry. Ahaziah sent captains with their fifties to seize Elijah, but fire from heaven consumed them. Elijah then went to Ahaziah and delivered the message of his impending death. (2Ki.1.2-17)

    Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah, and his brother Jehoram succeeded him as king, as Ahaziah had no son. (2Ki.1.17-18).

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ahaziah10 of 15 entities the graph connects to Ahaziah, in 2 groups: kinship 3, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AhabChild of · 2 events · 79 versesJezebelChild of · 20 versesJoramSibling of · 1 event · 19 versesKinshipIsrael1 event · 2,578 versesSamaria2 events · 124 versesElijah4 events · 92 versesJeroboam1 event · 81 versesBaal1 event · 70 versesJehoshaphat2 events · 67 versesTarshish1 event · 20 versesEventsAhaziah

    The 10 best-attested of 15 are drawn. All 15 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Ahaziah happensAll 2 places the claims about Ahaziah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Samaria, Tarshish. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ahaziah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.SamariaTarshish
    Divided MonarchyAll 2 places the claims about Ahaziah reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 7, across 3 books.

    1. 1 Kings3 verses

      22:4022:4922:51

    2. 2 Kings2 verses

      1:21:18

    3. 2 Chronicles2 verses

      20:3520:37

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Ahab and JezebelJezebel’s writing of Jezebel LettersJezebel’s writing of Jezebel Letters is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Ahab and JezebelStoning NabothStoning Naboth is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via JoashCommand of Micaiah, Bread, and WaterCommand of Micaiah, Bread, and Water is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Ahaziah’s reignIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Ahaziah’s reignJehoshaphat’s reignJehoshaphat’s reign is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Ahaziah’s reignReignReign is a concept gathering 158 labelled instances in the text.via Ahaziah’s reignSamariaCapital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitantsvia JezebelDog’s devouring of Jezebel and Jezebel FleshDog’s devouring of Jezebel and Jezebel Flesh is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via JezebelEthbaalKing of Sidon; father of Jezebel.

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