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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 (also called Jehoahaz), son of Jehoram, reigned as king of Judah for one year.

    verses
    26
    first named
    2 Kings 8:24
    last named
    2 Chronicles 25:23
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Ahaziah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ahaziah, also known as Jehoahaz, was the son of Jehoram and Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab. He became the sixth king of Judah at the age of 22 and reigned for one year in Jerusalem. Ahaziah did evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the ways of the house of Ahab, as his mother Athaliah counseled him to do wickedly. (2Ki.8.25-27; 2Ch.22.1-4)

    Ahaziah joined his uncle Joram, king of Israel, in a battle against Hazael, king of Syria, at Ramoth Gilead. Joram was wounded and returned to Jezreel to recover. Ahaziah went to visit Joram in Jezreel, where he encountered Jehu, who had been anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. Jehu pursued Ahaziah, and Ahaziah was wounded at the ascent of Gur. He fled to Megiddo, where he died. His servants brought his body to Jerusalem, and he was buried with his fathers in the City of David. (2Ki.8.28-29; 9.16,21-28; 2Ch.22.5-9)

    After Ahaziah's death, his mother Athaliah seized the throne and destroyed all the royal heirs, except for Joash, who was hidden by Jehosheba. (2Ki.11.1-3; 2Ch.22.10-12) The short reign of Ahaziah was marked by the influence of his mother Athaliah and the house of Ahab, leading to his downfall and the near extinction of the Davidic line.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    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 20 entities the graph connects to Ahaziah, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. 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.JoashFather of · 26 versesJehoramChild of · 3 events · 21 versesKinshipJudah3 events · 1,023 versesJerusalem3 events · 888 versesSamaria1 event · 124 versesJehu4 events · 46 versesJezreel2 events · 35 versesRamoth2 events · 35 versesHazael2 events · 21 versesJoram10 events · 19 versesEventsAhaziah

    The 10 best-attested of 20 are drawn. All 20 are listed below.

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    and 3 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    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 6 places the claims about Ahaziah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem, Jezreel, Ramoth, Gur, Megiddo, Samaria. 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.JerusalemJezreelRamothGurMegiddoSamaria
    Divided MonarchyAll 6 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 — 26, across 3 books. The name is written 33 times in them.

    1. 2 Kings15 verses

      8:248:258:268:299:169:219:239:279:2910:1311:111:212:1813:114:13

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      3:11

    3. 2 Chronicles10 verses

      21:1722:122:222:622:722:822:922:1022:1125:23

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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 Ahaziah and Joram’s going of Hazael and Ahaziah Joram Fight, and 1 moreJoramKing of N. Israel, son of Ahabvia People Of Jerusalem’s accession of Ahaziah and Ahaziah SuccessionJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Joash and Jehosheba, and 1 moreJehosheba’s hiding of JoashJehosheba’s hiding of Joash is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Joash and Jehosheba, and 1 moreJehosheba’s placement of Joash and NurseJehosheba’s placement of Joash and Nurse is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Ahaziah and Joram’s going of Hazael and Ahaziah Joram FightHazaelKing of Aram (Syria), anointed by Elijah.via Ahaziah and Joram’s going of Hazael and Ahaziah Joram FightRamothCity of refuge east of the Jordanvia Ahaziah’s visitJezreelA city in Issachar, associated with Ahab and Jezebelvia Ahaziah’s visitVisitVisit is a concept gathering 23 labelled instances in the text.via Ahaziah SuccessionSuccessionSuccession is a concept gathering 8 labelled instances in the text.

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