Ahaz
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Ahaz an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II, "Yahweh has held" was the twelfth king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham. Ahaz was 20 when he became king of Judah and reigned for 16 years.
Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh, by Lucas van Leyden
After the prophet Oded rebukes the Israelite army for its mistreatment of the captives from Judah, the men of Ephraim care for the captives and return them to their kinsfolk at Jericho. (2 Chronicles 28:8–15)
Hezekiah
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Hezekiah, or Ezekias, was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Judah. He is described as "the best-attested figure in biblical history," due to the extensive documentation of his reign in biblic
Ahaz
…part of the reforming work of his son Hezekiah was aimed at undoing the evil that Ahaz had done. He died at the age of 36 and was succeeded by his son, Hezekiah. Because of his wickedness he was "not brought into the sepulchre of the kings" (2 Chronicles 28:27). An insight into Ahaz's neglect of the worship of…
![King Hezekiah on a painting by unknown artist in the choir of St. Mary's Church, Åhus [sv], 17th century](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/%C3%85hus_kyrka-10.jpg/500px-%C3%85hus_kyrka-10.jpg)
King Hezekiah on a painting by unknown artist in the choir of St. Mary's Church, Åhus [sv], 17th century
Assyrian archers
The Defeat of Sennacherib, oil on panel by Peter Paul Rubens, seventeenth century
The Flight of Adrammelech, Biblical illustration by Arthur Murch