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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
God
-exalted). (1)
Son
of
Ahab
and successor to
Ahaziah
on
throne
of
Israel
, B. C. 896-884. Victoriously allied with
Judah
, but defeated and slain in
Jehu
’s revolt. Last of Ahab’s line (
1 Kings 21:21-29; 22:50
21
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
22
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
23
And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
25
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
26
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
28
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. (1 Kings 21:21‑29)
50
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 22:50)
;
2 Kings 1:17-18; 2-9
17
So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
18
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 1:17‑18)
). (2) Son and successor of
Jehoshaphat
on throne of Judah, B. C. 893-885. Murderer and
Baal
worshipper. Reign calamitous. Died a terrible
death
(2 Chron. 21).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
See
JORAM
.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
Jehovah is exalted
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