508:. In the first reference, Ahaziah is said to begin in the 12th year of Jehoram of Israel, whereas the second gives it as Jehoram's 11th year. The first reference would be to the start of the sole reign, the second to the start of the coregency, one year earlier. Thiele's explanation of the apparent discrepancy between these two verses was that 2 Kings 8:25 was by non-accession reckoning and 2 Kings 9:29 by accession reckoning, reflecting the transition that Thiele said was taking place at this time from non-accession reckoning back to accession reckoning for the kingdom of Judah. Although Thiele's suggestion has merit, McFall's coregency has been adopted in the infobox below. This begins one-year coregency sometime in the six months on or after Nisan 1 of 842 BCE, which was in the 11th year of
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485:(in the spring). Cross-synchronizations between the two kingdoms therefore often allow narrowing of the beginning and/or ending dates of a king to within a six-month range. For Ahaziah, the Scriptural data allow the narrowing of his accession to some time between Nisan 1 of 841 BCE and the day before Tishri 1 of the same year. His death occurred within this six-month period. These dates are one year earlier than those given in the third edition of Thiele's
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512:(2 Kings 9:29) by Israel's Nisan calendar and non-accession reckoning (2 Kings 9:29). By a Judean calendar the year would be 843/842 BCE, i.e. the year starting in Tishri of 843 BCE. The start of his sole reign would be in the six months following Nisan 1 of 841 BCE, in the 12th year of Jehoram of Israel (2 Kings 8:25); his death also occurred in this six-month interval.
461:. The most likely author of this monument is Hazael of the Arameans. Although the inscription may be a contemporary witness of this period, kings of this period were inclined to boast and make exaggerated claims; it is not clear whether Jehu killed the two kings (as the Bible reports) or Hazael (as the Tel Dan Stele reports), or if Jehu acted in concert with Hazael.
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article, Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency that placed
Ahaziah's reign one year after his mother Athaliah usurped the throne. Later scholars corrected this by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Ahaziah's dates are taken as one year earlier
401:, Ahaziah and Jehoram both went out to meet the rebellious general, with Jehoram learning too late of Jehu's murderous intentions. Ahaziah watched as his uncle was shot by Jehu, who was armed with a bow. Ahaziah fled for his life, but was wounded at the pass of
500:). McFall's conception of a one-year coregency is consistent with the seriousness of the disease contracted by Jehoram, such as would make it a matter of common sense to appoint a coregent. It would explain the apparent discrepancy between
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393:. Ahaziah also left the field of conflict in Gilead, and, after a visit to Jerusalem, came to Jezreel for a conference with Jehoram, and was caught up in the revolt by
441:, dating from circa the 9th century BCE, was discovered in Tel Dan and is the most important archaeological artifact to mention the House of David outside of the Bible
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Leslie McFall proposed a coregency between
Ahaziah and his father Jehoram that was occasioned by the disease Jehoram contracted one year before he died (
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was directed by God to go to
Damascus and anoint Hazael king of Aram, "an unusual circumstance". Hazael later resumed his attacks on Israel.
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1142:
730:
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The calendars for reckoning the years of kings in Judah and Israel were offset by six months, that of Judah starting in
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Under the influence of his mother
Athaliah, Ahaziah introduced forms of worship that offended the Yahwistic party.
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530:"2 Kings 9:29 Multilingual: In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah"
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142:
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599:
158:
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449:(fragments of which were found in 1993 and 1994 during archaeological excavations of the site of
489:, thereby correcting an internal consistency that Thiele never resolved, as explained in the
332:, Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to reign, and reigned for one year in Jerusalem.
417:, however, gives a somewhat different account of Ahaziah's death, which has him hiding in
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Leslie McFall, “A Translation Guide to the
Chronological Data in Kings and Chronicles,”
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Leslie McFall, "The
Chronology of the Hebrew Kings Revised," 2008, available on his
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Members of her family became his advisors and encouraged him to join his uncle
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of Israel. He was also the first
Judahite king to be descended from both the
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Ahaziah was the youngest son of king
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gives his age as 42 years when his reign began in
Jerusalem.
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381:, king of Israel, in an expedition against
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465:notes that in 1 Kings 19:15 the prophet
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487:Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings
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445:The author of the inscription on the
342:has dated his reign to 842 BC, while
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562:"When Did Solomon Die?"
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399:Second Book of Kings
70: 842 – 841 BCE
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602:Jewish Encyclopedia
473:Chronological notes
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197:Ahaziah ben Jehoram
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76:Predecessor
1137:Categories
831:Jeroboam I
746:Rulers of
630:2014-01-08
516:References
365:Philistine
285:Jehoahaz I
1036:Jehoiakim
906:Zechariah
776:Maccabees
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262:ʼĂḥazyāhū
209:אֲחַזְיָה
118:Jerusalem
86:Successor
1110:See also
1046:Zedekiah
1041:Jeconiah
1031:Jehoahaz
1016:Manasseh
1011:Hezekiah
981:Athaliah
951:Rehoboam
921:Pekahiah
891:Jehoahaz
708:Athaliah
658:Thiele,
588:Web site
491:Rehoboam
387:Arameans
348:Rehoboam
318:and the
308:Athaliah
273:Okhozias
240:Athaliah
90:Athaliah
991:Amaziah
986:Jehoash
976:Ahaziah
971:Jehoram
916:Menahem
911:Shallum
896:Jehoash
881:Jehoram
876:Ahaziah
870:Jezebel
811:Solomon
689:Jehoram
459:Jehoram
455:Ahaziah
451:Tel Dan
419:Samaria
407:Megiddo
391:Jezreel
379:Jehoram
327:2 Kings
304:Jehoram
270:Ὀχοζίας
230:Jehoram
155:841 BCE
139:Megiddo
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29:Ahaziah
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996:Uzziah
956:Abijam
931:Hoshea
841:Baasha
821:Israel
786:Israel
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467:Elijah
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252:Hebrew
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226:Father
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166:Spouse
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