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: ''This article is about the first king of the [[Southern Kingdom]] to bear this name. For the three other kings known by this name, see [[Jehoahaz (disambiguation)]]''

<font size="100" color="red"><div style="position:fixed;left:0px;top:0px;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:9999999999999999999999999;">: ''This article is about the first king of the [[Southern Kingdom]] to bear this name. For the three other kings known by this name, see [[Jehoahaz (disambiguation)]]''

'''Jehoahaz I''' ([[Hebrew]] '''יהורםאחז''', [[YHWH]] has held) or '''Ahaz''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אחז''', he has held) (762-r. 742-726 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 598-610, 618, 620</ref> or 755-vr. 735-r. 732-715 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 301-303</ref>) was the eleventh king of the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]] in direct line of descent. His was one of the two most wicked reigns in the history of the Southern Kingdom.<ref name=Kings>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=16}}</ref><ref name=Chronicles>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=28}}</ref> His policies brought him into direct conflict with the prophet [[Isaiah (prophet)|Isaiah]]<ref name=Isaiah>{{Bible ref|book=Isaiah|chap=1,3,7-8}}</ref> and various other members of the class of the [[minor prophets]].<ref name=Micah>{{Bible ref|book=Micah|chap=3,7}}</ref>

'''Jehoahaz I''' ([[Hebrew]] '''יהורםאחז''', [[YHWH]] has held) or '''Ahaz''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אחז''', he has held) (762-r. 742-726 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 598-610, 618, 620</ref> or 755-vr. 735-r. 732-715 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 301-303</ref>) was the eleventh king of the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]] in direct line of descent. His was one of the two most wicked reigns in the history of the Southern Kingdom.<ref name=Kings>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=16}}</ref><ref name=Chronicles>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=28}}</ref> His policies brought him into direct conflict with the prophet [[Isaiah (prophet)|Isaiah]]<ref name=Isaiah>{{Bible ref|book=Isaiah|chap=1,3,7-8}}</ref> and various other members of the class of the [[minor prophets]].<ref name=Micah>{{Bible ref|book=Micah|chap=3,7}}</ref>