Jehoahaz — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Twelfth king of Israel, succeeding his father, Jehu, and ruling from 814 BC to 798 BC. Because he was an evil king, God punished Israel by subjecting them to the Aramean kings Hazael and his son Ben-hadad. The military force in Israel was reduced to 50 cavalrymen, 10 chariots, and 10,000 infantrymen. The oppression became so severe that Jehoahaz prayed to God, who listened to him and delivered Israel from the Arameans, but not until the reign of Joash (Jehoash) (2 Kgs 13:2-7, 25 OET KI2 13:2–7 · OET KI2 13:25). During Jehoahaz’s reign, relations between Judah and Israel seem to have been fairly good, since Jehoahaz (14:1, “Joahaz”) named his son Joash after his contemporary, Joash king of Judah (2 Kgs 13:1, 9 OET KI2 13:1 · OET KI2 13:9; 14:1).

Show passage in OET: KI2 13:2–7; KI2 13:25

OET-RV KI2 13:2

2 He did what Yahweh had said was evil and he imitated the customs of Nevat’s son Yarov’am (Jeroboam) who had caused Yisrael to sin—Yehoahaz didn’t end them.

OET-RV KI2 13:3

3 So Yahweh got angry with Yisrael and he allowed them to be defeated by Aram’s (Syria) King Hazael and his son Ben-Hadad throughout Yehoahaz’s reign.

OET-RV KI2 13:4

4 Then Yehoahaz prayed to Yahweh for help, and Yahweh listened to him because he saw how much Yisrael was being oppressed by the Aramean king.

OET-RV KI2 13:5

5 So Yahweh sent a saviour to Yisrael, and they were able to stand up against the Arameans, and only then were the Israelis able to live peacefully again from day to day.

OET-RV KI2 13:6

6 Despite that, they didn’t stop imitating the sins of Yarov’am’s family who caused Yisrael to sin—no, Yehoahaz kept doing them, and even the Asherah pole remained standing in Shomron.

OET-RV KI2 13:7

7 ⇔The Aramean king had thoroughly destroyed much of Yisrael’s forces only leaving fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers for Yehoahaz.

OET-RV KI2 13:25

25 Then Yehoahaz’s son Yehoash attacked Aram three times, and he took back the cities from Hazael’s son Ben-Hadad that had been taken in the war in his father Yehoahaz’s time.

OET-LV KI2 13:2

2 And_he/it _made the_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH and_he/it _went after the _sins _of Yāroⱱˊām/(Jeroboam) the _son _of Neⱱaţ which he _caused _to _sin DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not he _turned _aside from_it.

OET-LV KI2 13:3

3 And_ the _anger of_YHWH _it _glowed/burnt on_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he_gave _them in_the _hand _of Ḩₐzā^ʼēl the _king _of ʼArām and_in_the _hand _of Ben the _son _of Ḩₐzā^ʼēl all _of the_days.

OET-LV KI2 13:4

4 And_ Yəhōʼāḩāz _he _entreated DOM the _face _of YHWH and_he/it _listened to_him/it YHWH if/because he _saw DOM the _oppression _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) if/because _that the _king _of ʼArām he _oppressed DOM_them.

OET-LV KI2 13:5

5 And_ YHWH _he/it _gave to_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) a _deliverer and_they _went _out from_under the _hand _of ʼArām and_ the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _they _lived in_tents _of_their as_yesterday three _days _ago.

OET-LV KI2 13:6

6 Nevertheless not they _turned _aside from_the _sins _of the _house _of Yāroⱱˊām which he _caused _to _sin DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_it it _walked and_also the _ʼAshērāh_pole it _remained in_Shomrōn.

OET-LV KI2 13:7

7 If/because not he _left to_Yəhōʼāḩāz/(Jehoahaz) a _people if/because (if) fifty horsemen and_ten chariot[s] and_ten _of thousand(s) foot _soldier[s] if/because he_had _destroyed _them the _king _of ʼArām and_he_had _made _them like_dust to_trample.

OET-LV KI2 13:25

25 And_ Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) the _son _of Yəhōʼāḩāz _he _returned and_he/it _took DOM the_cities from_the _hand _of Ben the _son _of Ḩₐzā^ʼēl which he _had _taken from_the _hand _of Yəhōʼāḩāz his/its_father in_battle three times he_defeated _him Yōʼāsh/(Joash) and_he _restored DOM the _cities _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

Show passage in OET: KI2 14:1

OET-RV KI2 14:1

14 In the second year of the reign of Yehoahaz’s son Yehoash over Yisrael (Israel), Amatsyah replaced his father Yoash as king of Yehudah (Judah).

OET-LV KI2 14:1

14 In_year two of_Yōʼāsh the _son _of Yəhōʼāḩāz the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) ʼAmaʦ^yāh the _son _of Yōʼāsh the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) he _became _king.

Show passage in OET: KI2 13:1; KI2 13:9

OET-RV KI2 13:1

13 In the twenty-third year of Ahazyah’s son Yoash reigning over Yehudah (Judah), Yehu’s (Jehu) son Yehoahaz became king over Yisrael (Israel) and reigned seventeen years from Shomron (Samaria).

OET-RV KI2 13:9

9 Then Yehoahaz died and was buried in Shomron, and his son Yehoash replaced him as king.

OET-LV KI2 13:1

13 In_year twenty and_three year of_Yōʼāsh the _son _of ʼAḩaz^yāh the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) Yəhōʼāḩāz/(Jehoahaz) the _son _of Yēhūʼ/(Jehu) he _became _king over Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_Shomrōn seven- teen year[s].

OET-LV KI2 13:9

9 And_ Yəhōʼāḩāz _he _lay _down with ancestors _of_his and_people_buried _him in_Shomrōn and_ Yōʼāsh/(Joash) his/its_son _he _became _king in_place _of _him.

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2. Seventeenth king of Judah, ruling three months in 609 BC. The people chose him to succeed his father, Josiah, who was killed in the battle of Megiddo. His mother’s name was Hamutal. Jehoahaz was 23 years old at his coronation. He is also called Shallum (1 Chr 3:15), and Jehoahaz may well be a throne name. He is characterized as an evil king before God. His rule ended when Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in Hamath. Later he was taken to Egypt, where he died (2 Kgs 23:30-34). Jeremiah prophesied that Jehoahaz would never return to Israel but would die in the land of his captivity (Jer 22:11-12).

Show passage in OET: CH1 3:15

OET-RV CH1 3:15

15 Yoshiyah had four sons: The oldest was Yohanan, second was Yehoyakim, third was Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah), and the fourth was Shalum.

OET-LV CH1 3:15

15 And_the _sons of _Yoʼshiy^yāh the_firstborn was_Yōḩānān/(Johanan) the_second was_Yəhōyāqīm/(Jehoiakim) the_third was_Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) the_fourth was_Shallūm.

Show passage in OET: KI2 23:30–34

OET-RV KI2 23:30

30 His servants brought his body back to Yerushalem from Megidon, and they buried him in his own tomb. Then the people got his son Yehoahaz, and they anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

OET-RV KI2 23:31

31 Yehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) for only three months. (His mother was Yirmiyah’s (Jeremiah) daughter Hamutal from Livnah.)

OET-RV KI2 23:32

32 He did what Yahweh had said was evil like many of his ancestors had done.

OET-RV KI2 23:33

33 Par’oh (Pharaoh) Nekoh took him from Yerushalem and imprisoned him at Rivlah in the Hamat region, and he forced the residents of Yehudah (Judah) to pay him thirty kilograms of gold and three tonnes of silver.

OET-RV KI2 23:34

34 Then Nekoh appointed Yoshiyah’s (Josiah) son Elyakim as the new king but changed his name to Yehoyakim. Then he took Yehoahaz to Mitsrayim (Egypt) where he eventually died.

OET-LV KI2 23:30

30 And_they_made _him _ride servants _of_his dead from_Məgiddōn and_they_brought _him Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_they_buried _him in_his _own _of_grave and_ the _people _of the_earth/land _he/it _took DOM Yəhōʼāḩāz/(Jehoahaz) the _son _of Yoʼshiy^yāh and_they _anointed DOM_him/it and_they _made _king DOM_him/it in _place _of his/its_father.

OET-LV KI2 23:31

31 Was_a _son _of twenty and_three year[s] Yəhōʼāḩāz when_he_became _king and_three months he _reigned in_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_name _of his/its_mother was_Ḩₐmūţal the _daughter _of Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) from_Liⱱnāh.

OET-LV KI2 23:32

32 And_he/it _made the_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH according_to _all that ancestors _of_his they _had _done.

OET-LV KI2 23:33

33 And_he_confined _him Parˊoh Nəkoh at_Riⱱlāh in_land of_Ḩₐmāt in/on/at/with in_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_he _put a _fine on the_earth/land one _hundred talent[s]_of silver and_a _talent _of gold.

OET-LV KI2 23:34

34 And_ Parˊoh Nəkoh _he _made _king DOM ʼElyāqīm the _son _of Yoʼshiy^yāh/(Josiah) in _place _of Yoʼshiy^yāh his/its_father and_he _changed DOM his/its_name Yəhōyāqīm/(Jehoiakim) and_DOM Yəhōʼāḩāz he _took and_he _came Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_he/it _died there.

Show passage in OET: JER 22:11–12

OET-RV JER 22:11

11 Yes, Yahweh says this about Yoshiyah’s son Yehoahaz who reigned instead of his father, who then left this place. He won’t return there again

OET-RV JER 22:12

12 because he’ll die in the place where they took him into exile, and he won’t ever see this country again.

OET-LV JER 22:11

11 If/because thus YHWH he _says to Shallūm the _son _of Yoʼshiy^yāh/(Josiah) the _king _of Yəhūdāh who_is_reigning in _place _of Yoʼshiy^yāh his/its_father who he _went _forth from the_place the_this not he _will _return there again.

OET-LV JER 22:12

12 If/because in_the _place _of (of)_where they _took _into _exile DOM_him/it there he _will _die and_DOM the_earth/land (the)_this not he _will _see again.

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3. Another form of the name of Ahaziah, the sixth king of Judah, who ruled in 841 BC (2 Chr 21:17; cf. 22:1). Both forms of the name have the same meaning. The difference is the placement of the divine name. In Jehoahaz it comes first, “Jeho-” and in Ahaziah it comes last, “-iah” (-yah). See Ahaziah #2.

Show passage in OET: CH2 21:17

OET-RV CH2 21:17

17 and they attacked Yehudah. They did a lot of damage and took away everything valuable from the king’s palace. They also took his wives and sons, other than Yehoahaz, his youngest son.

OET-LV CH2 21:17

17 And_they _came _up on_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_they_broke _into _it and_they _took _captive DOM all _of the_property which_was_found to_the _house _of the_king and_also sons _of_his and_wives _of_his and_not he _remained to_him/it a _son if/because (if) Yəhōʼāḩāz/(Jehoahaz) the _young_one_of his _sons _of_his.

Show passage in OET: CH2 22:1

OET-RV CH2 22:1

22 The inhabitants of Yerushalem (Jerusalem) made his youngest son Ahazyah king in his place, because all his older brothers had been killed by the Aravi invaders. So Yehoram’s (Jehoram) son Ahazyah reigned as Yehudah’s (Judah) king.

OET-LV CH2 22:1

22 And_ the _inhabitants _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) _they _made _king DOM ʼAḩaz^yāh son _of_his the_small(sg) in_place _of _him if/because all _of the _former_sons the _marauding_band which_came with_ˊArāⱱī to_camp it _had _killed and_ ʼAḩaz^yāh the _son _of Yəhōrām/(Jehoram) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) _he _became _king.

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4. Full name of Ahaz, the 12th king of Judah, according to an inscription of Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III. See Ahaz #1.